Ahn Mi-young (56, 25th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute), the special prosecutor's investigation team, revealed that the late Sgt.
The special prosecutor's team also confirmed the fact that the military's poor investigation and investigation at the time of the incident, and the fact that the Air Force's sergeant Lee was defamed, etc.
The special prosecutor's team, which investigated the sergeant's death for 100 days, indicted a total of 7 people, including 5 officers, including Chief Justice Jeon Ik-soo (52, Brigadier General) of the Air Force Headquarters, a military officer, and the perpetrator Jang (25) It was announced today (13th).
The special prosecutor's team handed over three direct superiors from the 20th Fighter Wing of the Air Force to trial, who did not take protective measures for this sergeant from the time of the sexual harassment case until his death.
At that time, battalion commander Kim (44) was accused of reporting false facts to the personnel officer at the Air Force Headquarters in March last year, saying, "The perpetrator has been separated from Lee and asked to postpone the dispatch of Sgt. Reporting and hierarchical obstruction of the execution of official duties) are charged.
Company Commander Kim (29) was indicted on charges of delivering false information (defamation) to the company commander of the 15th Special Mission Wing, which Lee had decided to transfer to by May of the same year, saying, "The victim is a bit strange."
Sergeant Jang was additionally brought to trial for telling false facts to his troops, just as he had been falsely accused of sexual harassment by Sgt. Lee.
The special prosecutor also confirmed the poor investigation by the military prosecutors and handed over the case, a 29-year-old military prosecutor Park, who is in charge of the case, to trial on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning Disobedience of Duties and Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes and false reports.
Prosecutor Park is accused of neglecting to review Sgt. Lee's second offense before his death, the necessity of investigating Sgt. Jang's arrest, etc., and delaying the investigation of Sgt. Lee due to vacation, etc.
In the end, the investigation result of the special prosecutor's team is that Sergeant Lee made an extreme choice through this secondary assault.
As a result of the psychological autopsy of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences, it was confirmed that the second sergeant died due to a deep sense of frustration and helplessness after experiencing the second assault.
The special prosecutor's team also handed over Lieutenant Colonel Jeong Mo (45), who was in charge of public affairs at the Air Force Headquarters at the time, to trial on charges of defaming Sergeant Lee's reputation with the intention to reverse this when the death of Sgt.
It is the conclusion of the special prosecutor's team that he delivered to reporters in June of last year that Sergeant Lee made an extreme choice because of a marital problem, not a case of forced molestation, as well as information about the investigation.
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However, the special prosecutor's team revealed only a part of the investigation related to the leak of investigation information regarding Jeon Ik-soo, who was selected as the key to the suspicion of poor initial investigation, and passed it on to trial on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (forced interview).
The special prosecutor's team has summoned and investigated him three times.
It is said that Jeon used his rank and position by calling a subordinate military prosecutor who requested an arrest warrant for Yang Mo (49), a military officer who passed on security information related to the incident to him in July of last year and questioning him that "the warrant was wrong." It is the decision of the special prosecutor.
The special prosecutor's team also indicted Yang on charges of leaking official secrets.
During the investigation of this process, the special prosecutor's team also arrested and indicted Kim, a 35-year-old lawyer, on charges of fabricating a recording file (forgery of evidence, etc.)
After the investigation began in June, the special prosecutor's team came up with the results of this investigation after reviewing about 50,000 pages of records handed over from the Ministry of National Defense, etc.
The special prosecutor's team said that they would do their best to ensure that the defendants receive a punishment commensurate with their crimes by maintaining thorough public prosecution.
Special Prosecutor Ahn Mi-young said, "I hope that the bad culture and outdated practices in the military that ignore the fear and pain of victims of sexual violence and do not even give them a place to stand will be improved."
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