Police Find 10 More Falsely Closed Cases by Officer Bu

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On Nov. 1, Jeong Tae-woon, head of the investigation division at the Jeju Provincial Police Agency, holds an official briefing on the findings of the probe into a police sergeant identified as A, accused of falsely closing a missing-person case, at the agency's press room. Yonhap News - Seoul Economic Daily Society News from South Korea
On Nov. 1, Jeong Tae-woon, head of the investigation division at the Jeju Provincial Police Agency, holds an official briefing on the findings of the probe into a police sergeant identified as A, accused of falsely closing a missing-person case, at the agency's press room. Yonhap News

Police said they have found an additional 10 cases that Assistant Inspector Bu falsely closed, along with 15 falsified records.

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Original reporting by Yang Ji-hye for Seoul Economic Daily.

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