After a 100-minute phone call with the Minister of Public Administration and Security, the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency resigned… the content of the conversation

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Shortly after the announcement of the Minister of Public Administration and Security, Commissioner Kim Chang-ryong of the National Police Agency announced that he would resign himself.

Commissioner Kim had less than a month left, and it was revealed that he had a phone call with Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min for about an hour and 40 minutes last weekend.

Next is reporter Lee Seong-hoon.

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Police Commissioner Kim Chang-ryong, who opposed the so-called police control movement of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, but remained silent about his whereabouts, expressed his resignation.

[Kim Chang-ryong / Commissioner of the National Police Agency: As a result of deeply contemplating the role and responsibilities given to me as the Commissioner of the National Police Agency, I have decided that it is best for me to resign at this point.]

Commissioner Kim said, "In connection with the discussion of the We apologize for not being able to come up with the best solution from our standpoint.”

He also mentioned that he has consistently emphasized the need to gather broad opinions and in-depth review and discussion on the advisory committee's recommendations.

There was no direct criticism of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, but it was revealed that the reason for the resignation decision was that there was no room for the opinions of the National Police Agency to be reflected.

Commissioner Kim had a closed meeting with police officers on the morning of the 27th before the press conference and also revealed the fact that he spoke with Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min for nearly 100 minutes last weekend.

Kim, who was appointed as the 22nd Chief of Police under the Moon Jae-in government in July 2020, will serve until the 23rd of the following month, with 26 days remaining until his term expires.

The president's office said that if a resignation is submitted, it will be dealt with according to procedures.

As a result, the appointment of a new police chief is expected to accelerate.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security has already received consent for personnel verification from six police officers who are candidates for the next police chief.

Hee-geun Yoon, Deputy Commissioner of the National Police Agency, Gwang-ho Kim, Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and Cheol-moon Woo, Commissioner of the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, are being mentioned as potential candidates.

(Video coverage: Kim Dae-cheol·Kim Tae-hoon, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)

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Here is reporter Lee Seong-hoon covering the National Police Agency.

[Reporter Lee Seong-hoon: Commissioner Kim Chang-ryong mentioned the fact and contents of the phone call with the minister in a closed executive meeting this morning.

At that time, I interviewed the participants of the meeting, and Commissioner Kim said, "The Minister of Public Administration and Security said on the phone that the advisory committee's recommendation was 'normalization of abnormality'."

Commissioner Kim also confessed to the executives, "It seems that it will be difficult to carry out the post of chief of the National Police Agency anymore at these words.]

[Reporter Lee Seong-hoon: I asked both sides about the 98-minute long call.

The answers of the two were different, the nuances were different.]

[Lee Sang-min/Minister of Public Administration and Security: I gave the same words as I announced today to the Commissioner, and the Commissioner agreed to a large extent.]

[Kim Chang-ryong / Commissioner of the National Police Agency: I said that it would be good to go through such a process such as careful review and broad public opinion gathering, and the Minister also shared the Minister’s opinion.]

[Reporter Lee Seong-hoon: The Minister of Public Administration and Security said that he agreed to a considerable part of the proposal of the Commissioner of the National Police Agency. , the chief of the National Police Agency felt that they had no contact with each other.

Today, on the internal police network, there have been articles criticizing the one-way traffic of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security along with criticism of the police leadership's coping ability.]

[Reporter Lee Seong-hoon: This is because of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security Organizational Chart that Minister Lee Sang-min used at the press conference to change in the future.

The purpose was that it was different from the previous security headquarters, but we asked reporters who were doing additional coverage to refrain from reporting because these issues were not confirmed.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security is also in a somewhat chaotic atmosphere, with data not sufficiently coordinated by the Minister of Public Administration and Security.]

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