The Korean National Police Agency said on the 28th that it identified 117 cases in a full review of cases involving police officers' families and transferred 44 of them to other provincial police agencies or police stations.
Those surveyed in this full review were cases in which a party to the case is the spouse or a lineal ascendant or descendant of a police officer who works at the police agency where the case is being investigated (including a pre-booking inquiry) or who worked at that agency within the past three years.
Police said that, among cases involving police officers' families, 44 were transferred in consideration of the fairness of the investigation. Cases not transferred will also be rechecked monthly for the appropriateness of the investigation.
Allegations of a shoddy investigation and collusion surrounding the "Jeonnam Gwangju high school girl murder suspect," Jang Yun-gi, 23, prompted the full review. Jang's father, a captain surnamed Jang, worked for more than 10 years with the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station, which handled the case. Jang's uncle is also serving as a mid-level police officer in the Jeonnam region.
The Korean National Police Agency plans to use the results of this full review to establish a plan for the constant management of cases involving police officers' families and to overhaul its internal system to prevent conflicts of interest.