Seoul Metropolitan Police Investigate Joint Prosecution-Police Team Over "Jeon Jae-soo Non-Indictment" Complaint

Transferred to the Major Crime Investigation Unit's Anti-Corruption Division on April 28

The case filed against members of the joint prosecution-police investigation team, who dismissed the allegations of Unification Church bribery involving Jeon Jae-soo, the Democratic Party’s mayoral candidate for Busan in the 6·3 local elections, has been transferred to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

On the morning of the 4th, at the Busan Port International Exhibition and Convention Center in Dong-gu, Busan, Jeon Jae-soo, the Democratic Party’s Busan mayoral candidate, waved his hand before his speech at the 9th National Simultaneous Local Elections Nominee Conference for Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam. Photo by Yonhap News

On May 10, the Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul announced that it had handed over the case—accusing Kim Tae-hoon, head of the joint investigation team, and the officials responsible for the handling of the case involving Jeon, on charges including dereliction of duty—to the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Major Crime Investigation Unit on April 28.

Through a notification of investigation results, the Dongdaemun Police Station explained, “The case has been transferred due to the fact that the same matter is currently under investigation by the Major Crime Investigation Unit.”

Previously, on April 12, former Seoul City Council member Lee Jong-bae filed a complaint with the police against Chief Kim and others, claiming that the joint investigation team failed to properly apply relevant laws in order to provide Jeon with an undue investigative advantage. The case was assigned to the Dongdaemun Police Station on April 21.

On April 10, the joint investigation team had decided not to indict Jeon regarding the Unification Church bribery allegations, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations or insufficient evidence to substantiate the charges.

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