Kim Jin-wook, Director of the Airborne Service, "Apologize for inexperience...the cause of the establishment of the Airlift Service is valid"

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Kim Jin-wook, head of the Crime Investigation Department, a high-ranking public official, apologized for his inexperience during the investigation process.

At the same time, he stressed that the reasons and tasks for the establishment of the Airborne Service are still valid.

Correspondent Hong Young-jae reports.

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For the first time since the inauguration of the Yun Seok-yeol government, Kim Jin-wook, head of the High-ranking Public Officials' Crime Investigation Office, stood in front of the press.

It has been 11 months since the first meeting in June of last year.

Director Kim Jin-wook began his speech with an apology for the controversy surrounding the Airborne Service, such as indiscriminate inquiry into communication data and lack of investigative power.

[Kim Jin-wook/Director of Crime Investigation Office for Senior Officials: First of all, I would like to say that I am very sorry for showing my immature side to the people at times.]

Director Kim has prepared a system for pre- and ex-post control of communication data inquiry, He explained that the selective prosecution system that caused the outbreak was changed to the same method as the prosecution.

Director Kim also mentioned the practical difficulties experienced by the Airborne Service.

[Kim Jin-wook/Criminal Investigation Office for Senior Officials: There are more than 7,000 high-ranking officials (targeted for investigation).

However, there are only 23 prosecutors, excluding the deputy and deputy chiefs.]

Due to the limitation of the number of prosecutors under the Air Traffic Control Act, the investigation is difficult, and security is a concern as it is the only investigative agency that does not have an independent government building. They also complained about the difficulty of still having to deal with related tasks manually.

Director Kim emphasized that the cause of the investigation without sanctuary and the control of authorities in power was still valid, but President Yoon Seok-yeol declared to reduce the authority of the Airborne Service, such as the abolition of Article 24 of the Airborne Service Act, which stipulates the priority of investigations of the Airborne Service. It is expected that establishing the relationship between the two will become the homework of the Kim Jin-wook Airborne Service.