[Exclusive] Three people died in an explosion... Chief of Investigation-Corporate Executive Drinking

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In November of last year, the police investigated when three workers died in an explosion at the POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks.

It has been confirmed that a senior police officer, who is in charge of the investigation, had a drink with a steel mill officer who was involved in the case.

However, even if the police know this, they are not even launching a proper inspection.

This is the exclusive report by KBC reporter Lee Sang-hwan.

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25th of last month, Mr. A, the head of the investigation department at the Gwangyang Police Station, and the head of the POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks B, had dinner at a restaurant in Gwangyang.

The head of the steel mill is in charge of external affairs, and the head of the investigation manager is the head of the investigation of the explosion of the Gwangyang Steel Mill, where three people died in November last year.

The chief investigator met a person involved in the case where personal contact was prohibited, but he did not even report it to his/her agency.

An executive of a partner company at Gwangyang Steel Works attended this drinking event, and the company's executives paid for the drink.

[Yijonggwan / Attorney: seems that President business representatives, of course, is corresponding to the case of interested parties as well as National Investigations Division is established and investigations are highly inappropriate conduct themselves in reinforced point in microscopy investigations are adjusted]

covering the team to inappropriate encounter of two people I checked and asked the parties to stand.

The chief of the investigation explained that he did not know that the chief of the steel mill was coming to the dinner table, and the chief said that he had stopped by the chief of the investigation.

[Gwangyang Police Office Official: It seems difficult to discipline them, and I should do some reprimand.

When I asked for discipline with this, it was too harsh...

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Even after knowing this, the Jeonnam Police Agency has moved the chief of the investigation to another police station, but has not taken any follow-up measures such as prosecution.

(Video coverage: Kim Hyung-soo KBC)