A man who had been missing in Jeju on the 22nd was found dead after 51 days. Sergeant A, who falsely closed the Jang Mi-ran case, was also found to have falsely closed this case.
According to the Jeju Provincial Police Agency on the 23rd, police found the body of a man surnamed B the day before while searching for a missing person.
Earlier, B's family filed a missing person report with police on the 2nd of last month. Sergeant A closed the case, saying "B is safe," and removed B's missing status from the missing-person profiling system.
B's family recently learned of the Jang Mi-ran case through media reports and reported to police again, saying B was still missing.
In the process, police identified Sergeant A as the official who closed the case at the time and confirmed on the 21st that the closure was false. Sergeant A is said to have deceived the family on the 2nd of last month, when the missing report was filed, by saying "B is safe," and added, "B does not want it, so it is difficult to disclose the whereabouts."
Police then conducted a search for B and found B's body the day before, 51 days after the disappearance. Police urgently arrested Sergeant A the day before and are investigating the circumstances of the false closure.
Jang Mi-ran has been missing for more than three months since the initial report in May. Police are searching the area around Hallim Port to find Jang's whereabouts.