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  "id": 5046680,
  "title": "Ex-senior police official indicted over alleged obstruction of Gwangju murder probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ex-senior-police-official-indicted-over-alleged-obstruction-of-5046680",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T08:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260902/ex-senior-police-official-indicted-over-alleged-obstruction-of-gwangju-murder-probe"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former senior police official Park Sung-ju has been indicted on charges of obstructing a murder investigation in Gwangju, South Korea. Prosecutors allege that Park, a former head of the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency, ordered separate investigations into a suspect's stalking and rape case, as well as his subsequent murder, despite repeated objections from frontline police officers. The murder case involves 23-year-old Jang Yoon-gi, who is charged with stabbing and killing a 17-year-old female student. The Gwangju District Prosecutors Office stated that Park's actions were intended to prevent the exposure of the police's failure to stop the suspect from committing additional crimes after his first offense.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Ex-senior police official indicted over alleged obstruction of Gwangju murder probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ex-senior-police-official-indicted-over-alleged-obstruction-of-5047380",
        "published": "2026-09-02T07:51:25.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Ex-senior police official indicted over alleged obstruction of Gwangju murder probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ex-senior-police-official-indicted-over-alleged-obstruction-of",
        "published": "2026-09-02T08:22:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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