The Prosecutors’ office created a stir when an investigation of a local police executive, under suspicion of running an illegal video gambling room, expanded to include other police staff.

Daegu’s Prosecutors’ Drugs and Special Crimes Division is investigating a police chief officer and other staff who are under suspicion of protecting a superintendent (referred to as Manager A) of a police station in Daegu. Manager A was arrested for allegedly running a video gambling room.

The other staff members are being investigated for possibly trading money with Manager A by using bank accounts with false names. Judiciary proceedings will occur this week to continue the investigation. Recent findings by the Prosecutors’ office show that hundreds of millions of Won were transferred between the two staff members and Manager A between 2003 and 2006. The prosecutor believes that this money could have been used for bribery. Further investigation is needed to discover the extent of the money’s uses.

Prosecutors have found that one staff member has received tens of millions in payment from the arrested Manager A. There is a high possibility that at the same police station where the superintendent worked, the administration division took unlawful payments while Manager A was in active service.

Another aspect of the investigation involves a relative of a retired chief police officer. The relative has allegedly had an affair with Manager A. The Prosecutors’ office has asked for the retired chief police officer’s disciplinary records from Daegu District Police Office on this matter. The prosecutors are concerned that the police administration did not submit the retired chief police officer’s records from their office into the National Police Department.

Source article: Kuki News
Translated by 김진희
Proofread and edited by Sarah Emory