Ex-senior police official indicted over alleged obstruction of Gwangju murder probe
A former head of the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency was indicted Wednesday on charges of obstructing an investigation into a high-profile murder case in Gwangju, prosecutors said. Park Sung-ju was charged with abuse of power for allegedly ordering separate investigations into the suspect's stalking and rape case and his subsequent murder case, according to the…
Former national police official Park Sung-ju has been indicted on Wednesday for obstructing a high-profile murder investigation in Gwangju, prosecutors announced. The Gwangju District Prosecutors Office charged Park with abuse of power for allegedly ordering separate investigations into a suspect's stalking, rape, and subsequent murder cases, despite repeated objections from frontline police officers.
Concerned that combining the cases involving the same individual might reveal the police's inability to prevent further crimes after the initial offense, Park allegedly gave these orders. The murder case centers on 23-year-old Jang Yoon-gi, who is charged with stabbing and killing a 17-year-old female student on a Gwangju street, two days after allegedly stalking and raping a Vietnamese acquaintance there.
According to the prosecutors, Park's directive thwarted the efforts of the Gwangju Gwangsan police station in investigating the case.
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