'Bribery Allegations' Incumbent Police Superintendent Appears for Detention Hearing

Kim, a police superintendent affiliated with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who is accused of accepting bribes worth hundreds of millions of won in exchange for resolving civil complaints, underwent a detention hearing on the 2nd.

At 10:30 a.m. that day, Yoon Jae-nam, the chief judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, held a pre-arrest detention hearing for Kim to review the necessity of detention for investigation.

Kim did not respond to reporters' questions about whether he accepted bribes when he appeared at the court. The decision on detention is expected to be made as early as that night or the following early morning.

Kim is accused of promising to receive 300 million won from Lee Sang-young, chairman of Daewoo Industrial Development, in June last year in exchange for quashing a police investigation, and of having received 120 million won of that amount. He is also suspected of receiving bribes worth hundreds of millions of won from another company official, Mr. A, as payment for resolving investigation-related civil complaints.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) plans to strengthen the investigation into the Daewoo Industrial Development bribery case after securing Kim’s custody.

It is reported that Kim denied most of the charges during his first interrogation as a suspect on the 28th of last month.

This is the second time the CIO has requested an arrest warrant for a suspect, following Son Jun-sung, head of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office Litigation Department, who was indicted over the so-called 'report solicitation' allegations. The Kim case is the first instance of the CIO initiating and investigating a case on its own recognition.

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