Police Do Not Prosecute Current and Former KMA Executives on Charges of Evidence Tampering Instruction

The police have determined that there is no charge of evidence destruction incitement against current and former executives who disposed of a large number of documents through a security document shredding company at the Korea Medical Association (KMA) office during the conflict with the National Assembly.

On the afternoon of the 4th of last month, at the Korea Medical Association in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, after counting the votes for the 43rd Korea Medical Association presidential election, Kim Taek-woo, Chairman of the National Association of Metropolitan and Provincial Medical Associations (right), and Joo Soo-ho, Representative of the Future Medical Forum and former KMA president, are shaking hands. Photo by Yonhap News.

On the 25th, the Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it decided not to prosecute Kim Taek-woo, president of the KMA; Joo Soo-ho, representative of the Future Medical Forum (former KMA president); Park Myung-ha, full-time vice president of the KMA; and Roh Hwan-gyu, former KMA president, on charges of incitement to destroy evidence.

Earlier, in March of last year, the Committee for the Protection of Ordinary Citizens and Livelihoods filed a complaint stating that "the KMA called a security document shredding company to their office and disposed of numerous documents."

The police are currently investigating the case in which the Ministry of Health and Welfare filed a complaint against current and former KMA executives for violating the Medical Service Act (violation of work commencement orders) and charges of incitement and aiding obstruction of business.

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