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Former Korea National Investigation Chief Indicted for Separating Rape and Murder Investigations

Former Korea National Investigation Chief Park Sung-joo was indicted for ordering separate investigations of murder and rape cases in the Jang Yoon-gi case.

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Park Sung-joo and his subordinates are accused of ordering separate investigations for the murder and rape crimes committed by suspect Jang Yoon-gi, despite repeated recommendations from frontline police to combine the cases. [1] The Gwangju District Prosecutors Office indicted former Korea National Investigation Chief Park Sung-joo and three other officials on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of rights. [2] Prosecutors indicted Park Sung-ju, former head of the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency, on Wednesday for allegedly obstructing an investigation into a high-profile murder case in Gwangju. [3] Suspect Jang Yoon-gi was initially charged with simple murder, but prosecutors later supplemented the investigation to charge him with rape-murder and sought the death penalty. [4] Park allegedly gave orders to separate the cases despite repeated suggestions to the contrary from front-line police officers, apparently out of fear that combining the cases would expose the police's failure to stop the suspect from committing additional crimes. [5] Park Sung-ju was charged with abuse of power for allegedly ordering separate investigations into a suspect's stalking and rape case and his subsequent murder case. [6] Park's order prevented the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station from properly examining the rape and murder charges against Jang, leading the police to refer him to the prosecution on a simple murder charge, which carries a far lighter sentence than the minimum life imprisonment handed down for rape-murder. [7]
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  1. Park Sung-joo and his subordinates are accused of ordering separate investigations for the murder and rape crimes committed by suspect Jang Yoon-gi, despite repeated recommendations from frontline police to combine the cases. · 매일경제South Korea
  2. The Gwangju District Prosecutors Office indicted former Korea National Investigation Chief Park Sung-joo and three other officials on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of rights. · 매일경제South Korea
  3. Prosecutors indicted Park Sung-ju, former head of the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency, on Wednesday for allegedly obstructing an investigation into a high-profile murder case in Gwangju. · Yonhap News Agency
  4. Suspect Jang Yoon-gi was initially charged with simple murder, but prosecutors later supplemented the investigation to charge him with rape-murder and sought the death penalty. · 매일경제South Korea
  5. Park allegedly gave orders to separate the cases despite repeated suggestions to the contrary from front-line police officers, apparently out of fear that combining the cases would expose the police's failure to stop the suspect from committing additional crimes. · Yonhap News Agency
  6. Park Sung-ju was charged with abuse of power for allegedly ordering separate investigations into a suspect's stalking and rape case and his subsequent murder case. · Yonhap News Agency
  7. Park's order prevented the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station from properly examining the rape and murder charges against Jang, leading the police to refer him to the prosecution on a simple murder charge, which carries a far lighter sentence than the minimum life imprisonment handed down for rape-murder. · Yonhap News Agency
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