[Sell to the end] Police's'organic concealment' revealed in Lee Chun-jae's investigation record (full video)

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Today (3rd), we will start the news at 8 o'clock with an exclusive report by the Panda team until the end. In 1989, Kim Hyun-jung, who was 8 years old at the time, disappeared from Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do. The family traveled across the country for 30 years, but it ended with a disappearance case. Then two years ago, serial killer Lee Chun-jae confided that he was the real culprit who killed Hyun-jung. In the investigation, the police arrested two police officers saying that the investigation team at the time found and hid the body of Ms. Hyun-Jeong, and destroyed the evidence. However, it was not all that we obtained and checked the investigation records. At least 10 police officers were found to have been found silent, and it turned out that they even fabricated evidence on the scene. The story of the investigation team at the time was that it would be noisy if there was another murder case on Mars.

First, reporter So Hwan-wook is an exclusive report.

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These are the prosecutor and police investigation records of the murder of Kim Hyun-jung obtained by the panda team until the end.

In December 1989, the body was found five months after the disappearance of Ms. Hyun Jeong, but the police investigation team concealed the body, and it contains the circumstances that many of the police investigation teams knew about.

Policeman A said at the time that'a fellow policeman pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said that there was Hyun Jung asleep.'

"Cop B, who said, "I heard that the body came out near the belongings and covered it," and "Cop C. I heard that the body was buried under the lead of the chief criminal."

The detective squad police who were dispatched to the scene at the time also stated that'the bones were found, but I heard that they were covered.'

A situation has emerged that has systematically tried to conceal this fact after hiding the body.

Police officer D stated, "The chief of detectives gathered and told reporters that it would be a big deal if they knew it, and to maintain security." Police officer A said, "I heard that the chief of detectives silenced the person who first discovered the body with money." .

When the reporters met in a difficult time, the police on the investigation team also confessed this fact.

[At the time, investigation team official: In the report, the findings of belongings and bodies were just buried and investigated as a disappearance case.]

Manipulation of on-site evidence was also revealed.

In a 1989 investigation report, it was recorded that Hyun-jeong's clothes were arranged in a shoe pocket, so it appeared to be a simple runaway, but Lee Chun-jae said in an investigation by the prosecution that he threw oil goods around the murder site immediately after the murder, and the police at the time admitted this.

[Police officer dispatched at the time of reporting oil goods: There was something like this hanging on a thorn tree, so (the first reporters) had the name of Hyeonjeong on the nameplate when he picked up the oil goods... .]

After the truth was revealed after 30 years, the investigative team at the time said,'I think it's like I'm so noisy that there was another serial murder', and police officer A said, "I thought that I only needed to shut up because I was so restless." I did.

At the time, it was revealed that at least 10 investigation teams were aware of the discovery and concealment of the body, but only two people, including the chief of the detective Lee Mo and the policeman who died in 2009, were charged with concealing the body.

At the same time, it was confirmed that they even submitted an absurd opinion to the prosecution stating,'It is presumed that they tried to resume the investigation later, rather than trying to permanently conceal the murder by concealing the body.

(Video coverage: Moonsan Bae, video editing: Jongtae Kim, VJ: Joonho Kim, CG: Jaeeun Sung, Yejeong Lee)

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If

Lee

Chunjae hadn't spoken, the truth that the police hid in the past probably would not have been revealed to the world even now. . Lee Chun-jae confessed, knowing that the case of Hyun-Jung Yang was also treated as an American murder case, but later said that it was a disappearance case.

This is reporter Park Sang-jin.

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This is how

Lee

Chun-jae confessed.

In November of last year, four months after the police announced the results of the investigation, Lee Chun-jae states why he confessed to the murder of Hyun-jung at the prosecution.

Lee Chun-jae said at the time of the police investigation in December 2019, "I thought that the case of both Hyun-jung was classified as a case of Mars, not a missing case, and I stated."

“At the time, the police tried to admit only nine murder cases, but they were surprised to see that they called out a larger number,” he added.

He then stated, "I made a statement after asking the police to bring all the U.S. incidents in the Hwaseong area, but the police did not ask about the case of Hyun-Jung first."

Lee Chun-jae also added, "Because the police investigated the case of Hyun-Jung more closely than other cases, at first I thought that someone else had overthrown the crime, but later, through the media, I found out that this case was handled as a disappearance, not a murder."

If Lee Chun-jae had not spoken, the case of Hyeon-jeong, which was concealed by the police for 30 years, would still remain as a case of disappearance, and the substance of the national crime would have been buried.

(Video coverage: Bae Munsan, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Jeong Si-won)

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bereaved family asked for punishment for the police officers who hid the body even though they knew that the body was found 30 years ago, but only the answer that the statute of limitations was over came back. . Since then, they have filed lawsuits for damages against the state as well, but the government continues to take time.

Reporter Kwon Ji-yoon reported on the government's attitude toward crimes committed by the state.

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truth was revealed, the police chief apologized and promised to do everything for the bereaved family.

[Min Gap-ryong/At the time, the Commissioner of the National Police Agency (October 4, 2019): I would like to express my sincere gratitude.

Take all necessary steps to relieve Han (I will go)]

But it was only then.

The surviving family demanded punishment by the police officer saying that the statute of prosecution is alive on the basis of the precedent that the crime is not over as long as the illegal state persists, but in January, one year after the accusation, the prosecution sent a non-prosecution decision saying only ``expiration of the statute of prosecution'' to the surviving family. .

[Han Sang-hee / Professor at Konkuk University Law School: It becomes something that covers (crimes committed by the state) with the name of the state.

Then, in the name of the statute of statutes, such things as the justice pursued by the law or the public trust in the state's public authority are unreasonable (it falls into an unreasonable state), and the

lawsuit for damages against the state was no different.

The government responded by dragging time, and in the meantime, Hyun-jung's mother died.

Just before the first trial in March, one year after filing the lawsuit, the government responded to the court saying'Please dismiss the survivor's claim', and four days ago, "Even assuming that there was an illegal act by the government in 1989, the extinctive prescription was completed for 5 years." Has circumvented responsibility by filing in writing.

[Attorney Lee Jeong-do/Hyun-Jeong's representatives: The law that the state denies its responsibilities and asserts the extinctive prescription constitutes abuse of rights. Who will this benefit? (I have a lot of doubts about it.)]

The current government, which has emphasized that it is different from the previous governments that delayed procedures and avoided responsibility in dealing with the past, even published a press release promoting the rapid recovery of damages, but it turned away from the bereaved family members of Hyun-jeong, who had suffered from state violence for 30 years.

[Kim Yong-bok/Hyun-Jung Yang's father: (The government) asked why he was not responsible, concealed it, and why is it not responsible? If the police cover up, the people can't find it no matter how much they look for... .]

(Video coverage: Moonsan Bae, video editing: Hongmyeong Lee, CG: Sungyong Hong)

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Hyeonjeong-yang's father believes that her daughter will call someday without knowing that the police have hidden the truth, and for 30 years his home phone number It is said that it did not change. Until the end of this coverage, I will talk a little more with reporter Kwon Ji-yoon of the Panda Team.

[Reporter Kwon Ji-yoon: Yes, that's right. There are perpetrators, but the reality is that they cannot be punished. As in this case, it is difficult for the truth to be revealed, and even if the truth is revealed, after a long time, it is immediately blocked by the wall called the statute of limitations. This is the reason why criticism is raised that the statute of limitations is contrary to social justice and is being abused as an indulgence for state violence. During the participatory government, the late former President Roh Moo-hyun announced that the statute of limitations on national crimes should be eliminated. It was sloppy. However, over time, in 2012, the statute of limitations for sexual violence crimes under the age of 13 was abolished. And in 2015, the statute of prosecution for murder was abolished. In addition, in the May 18 Special Act revised last year, a new regulation on the suspension of prescription was established to punish the first firing person. So, now is the time for a prospective review in the case of national violence.]

[Reporter Kwon Ji-yoon: As you can see, the government already knows the answer. It is a quick remedy. This is only a second offense if you claim the completion of the prescription while drawing a lawsuit while knowing the responsibility of the state clearly, or if you make a defense in the way that the plaintiff, that is, the victim, is responsible for proof. Therefore, it is necessary to drastically reduce mechanical and formal government responses and procedures, and promptly seek relief such as substantial compensation.]