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The airwaves are rising as suspicions have been raised that the police hid the black box video containing the scene of the ‘taxi driver robbery’ by Deputy Justice Minister Lee Yong-gu.
The explanation that there was no video evidence in the first place was revealed to be a lie, putting the police in a difficult position.
We will connect journalists to learn more details. Reporter Ahn Yoon-hak!
First of all, yesterday the police organized an investigation team.
How is your progress so far?
[기자]Yes, a joint investigation team was formed yesterday, consisting of 13 people, including the hearing and investigation department, headed by the head of the investigation department of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
We are conducting a large-scale investigation as of today.
The subject of the investigation is why the investigator in charge reviewed the black box video and did not even report it.
It is known that the existence of the black box video was not even mentioned in the report presented by the investigator while the investigation was closing.
A senior official at the National Investigation Headquarters said today at a regular meeting: “I did not report the existence of the video anyway, whether it was a false report or an omission.”
However, if the investigator verified the video and ignored it after the report was already written, or if it was concealed by not including it in the report even after reviewing the video, the point of view issue seems to have to be looked at.
A key investigation is whether there has been a request for an investigation by someone in the process of making false reports or omissions.
The investigative superintendent of the detective team, the head of the detective section and the chief detective, Seocho, will have to find out to what extent they knew about the existence of the black box, and it seems they should be held accountable. .
[앵커]The police were in a very embarrassing situation.
In the end, the police clarified that “there was no black box”, wasn’t that a lie?
[기자]Yes, at the end of last month the official police position was “There was no video evidence such as a black box.”
However, as a result of the investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office, it was revealed that there was a photocopy of a mobile phone, and although the investigator in charge knew about this, it was revealed that he said: “I will not see it”, which is controversial .
The National Research Headquarters today apologized for this.
Choi Seung-ryul, acting representative of the head of the National Investigation Headquarters, explained the part related to the video in December last year in a meeting, but now it has been confirmed that some are not true, and said that he apologized to the public.
I admitted the explanation was wrong and bowed my head over and over again.
[앵커]When the deputy minister’s case was controversial last month, did the police investigate the investigator in charge and conclude that “there is no video”?
It is not easy to understand the part where the police leadership only believed the words of the investigator in charge and announced that there was no problem.
[기자]Yes, as you said, last month, the main office of the National Police Agency and the Seoul Office said, “There was no problem with the investigation process.”
However, in conclusion, it was not the result of an exhaustive investigation into the investigator in charge, the taxi driver or the black box restoration company.
In a recent media interview, taxi driver A claimed to have shown a black box video taken with a mobile phone to the police in charge during the second subpoena investigation on November 11 last year.
However, even Seoul officials and headquarters were not aware of the fact that there was a second subpoena.
The National Investigation Headquarters said: “I learned from the report that there was a second subpoena investigation,” and explained that it was something that we did not know in last month’s investigation.
In short, the investigator in charge did not speak, so we did not know.
However, if you look at the flow of the case, it is not easy to understand that there was no report or that you did not know the fact that you would have known if you had called the taxi driver again and investigated a little more.
However, it was difficult for the police to carry out further investigations or investigations in the context of the investigation of the case by the prosecution.
[앵커]Vice Minister Lee is said to have handed a business card to the police officer who was sent to report 112, but there are also doubts that the police chief did not know that the attacker was a key member of the government, who served as the head of the Justice Department.
[기자]Yes, at the time of the assault, Vice Minister Lee was a lawyer.
It seems necessary to look at the results of the prosecution investigation or the investigation of the police investigation team to see what titles were stamped on the police officers who were dispatched at that time.
If, at the level of the police officer on the spot, the identity or location of this deputy minister was known, of course, the police leadership would have been informed.
If it is reported, but it turns out that there was a problem in the investigation process, it is more likely an ‘observational investigation’.
First, the official position of the police was that the investigator and leader of the team that took the case knew only that this deputy minister was a lawyer.
It was not easy to predict as a person who served as head of the legal office.
It is also said that all the people involved in the current case said that they did not know if Lee was real.
However, if there was a request, etc. during the investigation it is a separate matter and a thorough investigation appears to be necessary.
[앵커]Today, Vice Minister Lee met with reporters on his way to work and said that he has never contacted a high-ranking police officer.
Please tell me more details.
[기자]Yes, when asked by reporters about the allegations of investigating Muma’s application, Vice Minister Lee drew a line that he had never contacted a high-ranking police officer.
Some outlets reported that Vice Minister Lee deleted the video from the black box in consultation with the taxi driver.
Vice Minister Lee explained that this was not true either.
At the time of the incident, they responded that they were not sure if the taxi was in service or not.
Let’s listen to Vice Minister Lee’s interview.
[이용구 / 법무부 차관 : (당시 기사님과 협의하고 영상을 지운 게 사실인가요?) 아니요. 안 지웠어요. (영상이 제출돼서 다행이라고 한 건 어떤 의미인가요?) 객관적인 진실 발견에 도움이 된다는 취지죠. 변호인 통해 말씀드리겠습니다. (운행 중이 아니었다고 지금도 확신하시나요?) 그렇게 나오는 것 같던데요. 저는 잘 모르겠습니다. (택시 기사를 폭행한 건 인정하시나요?) 사건이 진행되고 있는데, 조사 중인데 말씀드리기가 좀….]There is one thing to highlight in this Vice Minister’s response and in yesterday’s statement.
It is a point that the video of the black box is “a basis to objectively judge the merits of this case” and “it is fortunate that, in any case, it has been presented to the investigation agency.”
The video has not yet been released, but it is known that Vice Minister Lee caught the taxi driver from behind while the car was stopped.
The police officer in charge is said to have also looked at the video of the black box and said: “It is true that the car is stopped.”
If so, from the position of this vice minister, it can be argued that “even though you watched the video, the car was stopped, so it was a simple assault, and there was no problem with closing internal affairs because there was no intention of punishment.”
However, as the provision of the law is that assaulting the driver while the car is stopped is also subject to the Special Law,
It remains to be seen what conclusions will emerge as a result of the investigation.
YTN Yoonhak Ahn at the National Police Agency[[email protected]]is.
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