Jeon Yo-hwan as the drug lord in the drama 'Suriname'.
Mo Jo, the real person who was the model for the role, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in South Korea for drug trafficking and other charges.
He was later confirmed to have died in April 2016 while he was serving time in prison.
I met the investigator of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, who had been investigating for over 7 years to catch him.
[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Manager (then investigator): (Mr. Jo) died on April 19, 2016.]
He was most sorry that Mr. Cho made many Korean victims in the course of the crime.
[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office Manager (at the time, investigator in charge): Some people were raped in Copenhagen, Denmark, and there were people who threw away 50 million won of money...
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In particular, some of the recruiters who did not know they were drugs suffered for years in prisons in other countries, even made into a movie.
[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office Manager (at the time): (to a woman) You said that a letter came, it's pitiful...
difficult and difficult
It's so sad.
That's why I cooperated.]
He explains that he felt more rewarding when he rescued the victims than when he arrested Mr. Cho.
I also remembered that there were three civilian assistants, not just one, who played the role of 'Kang In-gu', played by Ha Jung-woo, an actor in the drama.
[Do Chun-seong / Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office Manager (at the time): There were three people who received help personally, Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C.
It was Mr. A who helped the investigation a lot…
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Director Do, who has been investigating drug cases for a long time, asked for more support for the arrest of overseas drug offenders, saying that compared to the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the number of Korean prosecutors is 2.7% and the budget is 0.2%.
This is SBS Kim Hye-min.
(Reporter: Hyemin Kim / Video coverage: Jongsoo Hong / Video editing: Choa Kim / CG: Hyunjoong Seo / Production: D Exploration and Production Department)