The government on the 3rd carried out appointments for police deputy commissioners general, commissioners general, and senior superintendents, including naming Police University President Kim Sung-hee as Busan Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
With these appointments, all senior posts left vacant, including the Busan, North Gyeongsang, and South Chungcheong commissioners, due to suspicions of involvement in illegal acts related to the Dec. 3 martial law were filled.
The Busan commissioner post, held by a deputy commissioner general, went to Police University President Kim Sung-hee (Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang; Police University class of 9). Kim previously served as South Gyeongsang commissioner and as Spokesperson of the Korean National Police Agency.
For the North Gyeongsang and South Chungcheong commissioner posts, which are held by the commissioner general rank, Kim Won-tae, director of the Intelligence Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency, and Kim Ho-seung, director of the Public Safety and Traffic Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency, were appointed, respectively.
Those commissioner posts became vacant after notices of suspension were issued when, during the Korean National Police Agency's Constitution-Respecting Government Innovation task force (TF) probe, suspicions arose that they had ordered a gag or taken part in matters related to the Dec. 3 martial law.
However, the Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Korean National Police Agency, which was also left vacant due to similar suspicions, was not reassigned this time.
In addition, for the Daejeon commissioner post, which is at the commissioner general rank, Baek Dong-heum, director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau at the National Office of Investigation (NOI) of the Korean National Police Agency, was appointed, and for the Ulsan commissioner post, acting Ulsan commissioner Yu Yoon-jong was appointed.
Shin Hyo-seop, head of the Integrated Response Team for Voice Phishing and Financial Fraud at the National Office of Investigation (NOI) of the Korean National Police Agency, was appointed as North Chungcheong commissioner, and for the North Jeolla and South Jeolla commissioner posts, Lee Jae-young, acting director of the International Police Cooperation Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency, and Go Beom-seok, acting director of the Security Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency, were appointed, respectively.
Also appointed were the director of the Security Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency (Kim Byung-kee, head of the Security Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency), the director of the Intelligence Bureau (Song Young-ho, deliberation officer for police intelligence at the Intelligence Bureau of the Korean National Police Agency), and the director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau at the National Office of Investigation (NOI) (Jeong Sang-jin, director of the National Security Investigation Bureau at the National Office of Investigation of the Korean National Police Agency).
Among senior superintendent appointments, Lee Young-cheol, inspector general for audit and human rights at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, was named head of the Autonomous Police Planning Team in the Office of the Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Korean National Police Agency, and Lee Seo-young, head of the Public Safety Department at the Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency, was appointed acting director of the Public Safety and Traffic Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency.
Park Jun-sung, head of the Public Safety Department at the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency, was appointed acting director of the International Police Cooperation Bureau at the Korean National Police Agency, and Kim Ki-jong, inspector general for audit and human rights at the North Jeolla Provincial Police Agency, was appointed dean of academic affairs at the Police University.