A correctional officer working at the Seoul Detention Center was sent to prosecutors on suspicion of taking money from an inmate in exchange for assigning a single-occupancy cell (solitary cell).
According to police on the 2nd, the Major Crime Investigation Division of the National Office of Investigation (NOI) at the Korean National Police Agency referred correctional officer A, affiliated with the Ministry of Justice's Corrections Headquarters, to prosecutors on the 30th on bribery charges under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes.
B, a member of the "Sanggye-pa" crime syndicate, was arrested and detained on suspicion of operating an illegal gambling site worth a total of 860 billion won after setting up an office in Cambodia. A is suspected of receiving conveniences totaling a little over 100 million won in bribes, including about 60 million won from C, B's lawyer, to assign B to a single-occupancy cell.
Police also referred C, suspected of offering bribes, without detention.
Earlier, in Jul.–Aug., police raided the Ministry of Justice's Corrections Headquarters, the Seoul Detention Center, and the office where C works. Police sought arrest warrants for A and C on the 30th, but only A's warrant was issued.