Controversy Over Senior Police Personnel Appointments... Successive Promotions of 'Yongsan Presidential Office Alumni'
As the promotion of senior police officers to the ranks of Gyeongmugwan and Chonggyeong was announced, controversy has arisen as several individuals from the Yongsan Presidential Office have been promoted consecutively.
According to the list of nominees for promotion to Gyeongmugwan and Chonggyeong at the National Police Agency on the 27th, Kim Chansu, an administrative officer of the Presidential Office who is suspected of exerting external pressure in a customs drug smuggling case, was promoted to Gyeongmugwan. Park Jonghyun, a police lieutenant assigned to the Public Service Discipline Secretariat of the Presidential Office, and Cho Youngwook, a police lieutenant from the National Public Relations Secretariat of the Presidential Office, were promoted to Chonggyeong. Oh Giduk, a police lieutenant from the Public Service Management Office of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and Lee Yongdu, a police lieutenant from the Police Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, were also promoted to Chonggyeong.
A total of 30 officers were promoted to Gyeongmugwan, known as the "star of the police." Among them were Chief Superintendent Eo Yunbin, the Innovation Planning and Coordination Officer of the National Police Agency; Chief Superintendent Ham Youngwook, head of the Cyber Crime Investigation Division; and Chief Superintendent Song Wonyoung, head of the Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Division.
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A total of 104 officers were promoted to Chonggyeong, known as the "flower of the police." Among the promotees were Police Lieutenant Shin Donghyun of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency; Police Lieutenant Jin Youngtak, head of the Public Relations Cooperation Division at the National Police Agency; and Police Lieutenant Lee Changmin, head of the Traffic Planning Division at the National Police Agency.
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