100 days investigation ends… Confirmation of neglect of the investigation of the second perpetrator directly appointed by the prosecutor in charge
Ahn Mi-young (56, 25th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute), the special prosecutor’s investigation team, revealed that the late Sgt.
The special prosecutor’s team also confirmed the fact that the military’s poor investigation and investigation at the time of the incident, and the fact that the Air Force’s sergeant Lee was defamed, etc.
The special prosecutor’s team, which investigated the sergeant’s death for 100 days, indicted a total of 7 people, including 5 officers, including Chief Justice Jeon Ik-soo (52, Brigadier General) of the Air Force Headquarters, 1 military officer, and the perpetrator’s mother-in-law (25) sergeant. announced on the 13th.
The special prosecutor’s team handed over three direct superiors from the 20th Fighter Wing of the Air Force to trial, who did not take protective measures for this sergeant from the time of the sexual harassment case until his death.
At that time, the 44-year-old battalion commander was accused of reporting false facts to the personnel officer at the Air Force Headquarters in March last year, saying, “The perpetrator has been separated from Lee and asked to postpone the dispatch of Sgt. · Hierarchical obstruction of the execution of official duties) is charged.
Kim (29), the company commander, was indicted on charges of delivering false information (defamation) to the company commander of the 15th Special Mission Wing, which Lee had decided to transfer to by May of the same year, saying, “The victim is a bit strange.”
Sgt. Jang was additionally handed over to the trial for telling false facts to his unit colleagues, just as he was falsely accused of sexual harassment by Sgt. Lee.
The special prosecutor also confirmed the poor investigation of the military prosecutor’s office and handed over the case, a 29-year-old military prosecutor, to trial on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning Disobedience of Duties and Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes and false reporting.
Prosecutor Park is charged with delaying the investigation of Sgt. Lee due to vacation, etc., neglecting to review the need for investigation, such as the second offense of Lee before his death, and the necessity of investigating Sgt. Jang’s arrest.
In the end, the result of the investigation by the special prosecutor’s team is that Sergeant Lee made an extreme choice through this second offense.
As a result of the psychological autopsy of the National Forensic Service, it was confirmed that Sergeant Lee died due to a deep sense of frustration and helplessness after experiencing the second assault.
The special prosecutor’s team also handed over Lieutenant Colonel Jeong Mo (45), who was in charge of public affairs at the Air Force Headquarters at the time, to trial on charges of defaming Sergeant Lee’s reputation with the intention to reverse this when the death of Sgt.
The conclusion of the special prosecutor’s team is that he delivered to reporters in June of last year that Sergeant Lee made the extreme choice because of a marital problem, not a case of forced sexual assault, along with information about the investigation.
However, the special prosecutor’s team revealed only some investigational interventions related to the leak of investigation information regarding Jeon Ik-soo, who was selected as the core of the suspicion of poor initial investigation, and passed it on to trial on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (forced interview).
The special prosecutor’s team has summoned and investigated him three times.
The special prosecutor’s team found that Jeon used his rank and position by calling a subordinate military prosecutor who requested an arrest warrant for Yang Mo (49), a 49-year-old military officer who delivered security information to him in July of last year and inquiring that the warrant was wrong. is the judgment of
The special prosecutor’s team also indicted Yang on charges of leaking official secrets.
While investigating this process, the special prosecutor’s team also arrested and indicted Kim (35), a 35-year-old lawyer, on charges of manipulating a recording file (forgery of evidence, etc.)
After the investigation began in June, the special prosecutor’s team came up with the results of this investigation after reviewing about 50,000 pages of records handed over from the Ministry of National Defense, etc.
The special prosecutor’s team said that it would do its best to ensure that the defendants receive punishment commensurate with their crimes by maintaining thorough public prosecution.
Special Prosecutor Ahn Mi-young said, “I hope that the bad culture and old practices in the military that ignore the fear and pain of victims of sexual violence and give them no place to stand will be improved.”
/yunhap news