Additional 3 Identified in 'Public Health Doctor List Leak'... Total 5 Suspects Involved

The police have additionally booked three individuals, including an active-duty doctor, for leaking the list of public health doctors in connection with collective action in the medical community.

On the 29th, Woo Jong-su, head of the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency, stated at a regular press briefing that, following the arrest of “one active-duty doctor and one medical student on leave,” they have identified three more major distributors, adding, “Among the newly booked individuals, two are doctors and one is a medical student.”

However, Director Woo added, “They are not the original leakers, so we are continuing the investigation to identify the initial source from whom the list was obtained.” So far, a total of five suspects have been booked in connection with the leak of the public health doctors’ list.

As the medical vacancy prolonged due to the collective strike of residents, the government deployed military doctors and public health doctors to major hospitals nationwide. In relation to this, a so-called ‘Resident and Military Doctor Blacklist’ containing personal information of these individuals was circulated mainly within the doctors’ community, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

Director Woo explained that regarding inappropriate posts on the doctors’ community ‘MediStaff,’ “a total of 23 people are under investigation, with 16 already questioned in the first round,” and added, “Summons schedules are being arranged for the remaining seven, and the investigation will proceed swiftly.”

Meanwhile, the police reported that 10 people have been booked on charges of installing illegal cameras at early voting stations for the 22nd National Assembly election, and a detention warrant has been requested for one of them.

Additionally, a focused investigation will be conducted on over 1,160 individuals who were caught violating election laws during the election period.

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