As Inspector Baek Hae-ryong, who had been seconded to the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office to investigate the alleged cover-up of customs drug investigations, returns to the police on the 14th, prosecutors are said to have asked the police to dispatch a successor.
According to the police on the 13th, the prosecution secondment period for the so-called "Baek Hae-ryong team," consisting of five police investigators including Inspector Baek, ends on the 14th. They examined the related suspicions for about three months.
The Supreme Prosecutors' Office did not request an extension of the secondment period for Inspector Baek and the existing seconded personnel. Instead, it was reported to have asked the police to dispatch new investigators to replace them.
Earlier, Inspector Baek expressed that, even after returning, he wanted space to manage case records and continue the investigation so that it could proceed in the form of a separate dedicated team.
However, the Korean National Police Agency is said to have not accepted this request. The police were reported to be set to decide, immediately after the secondment ends, whether to dispatch follow-up investigators requested by prosecutors.
Inspector Baek is expected to return to his original post as head of the Hwagok police precinct at the Seoul Gangseo Police Station.