Lee Yong-gu, Vice Minister of Justice (Photo = Reporter Yoon Chang-won/material photo)-The suspicion of ‘seeing’ continued toward the police that closed the internal affairs related to the assault case of a taxi driver in the case of the assault of a taxi driver at the Ministry of Justice Lee Yong-gu, but the police maintained the position that “there was no problem in the guidelines.”
In connection with the re-investigation of the Vice Minister’s case or the prosecution investigation of the person in charge of the case, the police said they would watch the investigation by the prosecutors who received the accusation of Lee.
A high-ranking police official said in a backbriefing on the case of Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu held at the headquarters in Migeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 28th, “It is now time to see that the case by the Seocho Police Station is not in violation of guidelines or regulations.”
“In the procedure, after reporting 112, there was a willingness from the victim to disapprove of punishment, and according to regulations, the internal affairs can be terminated at that time.” “We decided that the crime of assault was correct under the criminal law, not the special price law. “I have closed my business.”
The police guidelines are the case handling guidelines established in 2012. According to Article 5 and 10 of the Special Deals Act,’a person who assaults or threatens the driver of a driving car is subject to imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than 20 million won’. Since then, in June 2015, due to the revision of the Special Price Act, the range of’in operation’ includes’temporarily stopped for getting on and off’.
(Photo = Reporter Hwang Jin-hwan/Material photo)-When asked whether the police’s case handling guidelines did not include the revision of the Special Act, a police official said, “The prosecution also has the (guidelines) prepared in 2013, and we also made it in 2012. Apart from the concept of getting on and off, the case “Guidelines for the internal procedure for processing,” he explained.
“Apart from this case, the Criminal Procedure Act was revised this year, the investigation rules of the presidential decree have changed, and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security ordinance has also changed, so it is necessary to revise a lot of new legal systems, guidelines, directives, and regulations.” We will take time to look at the regulations so that a transparent and fair investigation can be reflected.”
The police added that even if the Special Act was applied after the revision of the Special Act in 2015, there were cases where the crime was changed to assault and vice versa, so it should be judged as a’case by case’. A police official said, “The standard precedent for the meaning of driving is the Supreme Court precedent in 2008, and the precedent is valid even after the revision of the Special Price Act in 2015,” said a police official. “The case of a temporary stop is not regarded as unconditionally driving, but the meaning of driving once again It must be interpreted through precedents,” he said.
The police are still on hold for re-investigation and supervision of the person in charge of the case. It is a position to observe the investigation conducted by the prosecution. The previous official said, “After the prosecution’s investigation is completed, we will consider the guidelines and areas to consider.”
On the other hand, on the 6th of last month, when he was a lawyer, when a taxi driver woke him up in front of his apartment house in Seocho-gu, Seoul, he arrested and assaulted him. According to the police, the incident occurred around 11:30 pm on the day and the case was filed at the police station in the early morning of the 7th. At the time of the incident, the black box of the taxi driver’s vehicle was not recorded.
Afterwards, the police confirmed the facts against the taxi driver and Vice Minister Lee on the 7th. In the case of Vice Minister Lee, he was notified of his attendance on the 9th, but said he received a reply that it was difficult due to schedule. An official from the police explained that “they are victims, but there is no provision that must be present and investigated.”
The photo above is not directly related to the article below (Photo = Reporter Hwang Jin-hwan/Material photo)-It is reported that the taxi driver made the first statement that he was caught “in operation” at the time. However, after that, he overturned the statement that he was caught “after arrival”. A police official said, “The victim was upset and angry at the time, but when I pondered it, there was information in the record that it was not up to that situation.”
On the 8th, the taxi driver informed the police of his intention to disapprove of punishment, and he attended on the 9th and submitted a statement and an application for disapproval. On the 16th, a text message was sent to Vice Minister Lee. In response to the fact that the notification of the closing of the internal affairs was unusual, a police official said, “These days, most of the victims are notifying the victims as well as the victims.” The case of this vice minister was reported to Seocho.
At the time of the investigation, the police said that they had identified Lee’s identity as a lawyer. He explained that he did not know his specific career, such as the head of the legal department of the Ministry of Justice. As to whether or not to make a call with Vice Minister Lee and Seocho, he said, “It is confirmed that there is no one, but it is not appropriate to tell you because it is being investigated by the prosecution.”
On the other hand, the police said, “The Seocho-seo said that it was determined that the special law was not applied as the place of the incident was’general road’. , Passengers, etc. should be considered. In Seochoseo, it was judged that it was not a time zone and a place that would raise concerns about traffic order safety.”
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