Immediately after the disaster, the police document in question… "I'll catch the leak" and asked for an investigation

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Immediately after the Itaewon disaster, we raised an issue one after another about the documents written by the National Police Agency as confidential.

It was an issue that the police encouraged the government and police accountability to call up information and were in a hurry to protect the organization, and criticism poured out.

However, he said that he would ask for responsibility for leaking documents, and he took a lot of personnel measures and even requested an investigation.

Controversy is brewing.

This is reporter Park Ha-jeong.

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Policy reference material of the National Police Agency Information Bureau written in confidential form under the word special handling.

The impact of the Itaewon disaster was summarized under the title of Need for attention to factors burdening the government and atmosphere of opposition by major organizations.

A week later, this order was also issued, saying it was the result of a meeting presided over by the Commissioner of Police.

[Superintendent A (November 7th Internal meeting of the National Police Agency Information Bureau): This is the first thing the Commissioner is worried about.

Do you have a congressional collaborator?

If you look at it and the media response of this spokesperson's office, it is not playing a role at all than I thought.]

These are the internal documents and meeting contents of the intelligence agency, which emphasized active information collection, fearing that the theory of responsibility for the disaster would go to the police and government.

However, last week, the National Police Agency suddenly transferred 7 police officers from the Information Bureau to the city and provincial police offices.

Investigations were also requested for three people.

It was suspected that he had leaked official secrets, that is, leaked the contents of internal meetings and documents.

In the process, inspections were also conducted to find the leaker, including digital forensics of dozens of police officers' cell phones.

However, no clear evidence of leakage has been obtained, and it is known that the leaker could not be identified.

This is why criticism comes out that he has been silenced as an example to prevent further whistleblowing.

The National Police Agency explained, "We requested an investigation to determine whether the charges can be applied with certainty."