After the 'Burning Sun' victory, the largest personnel overhaul in history... 'Suspicion of covering up Yang Jeong-won investigation' All detectives and investigators at Gangnam Police Station replaced

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The Seoul Gangnam Police Station has replaced all personnel in its investigation and criminal departments following allegations that it received requests to cover up a case involving influencer and Pilates instructor Yang Jeong-won (37).

According to NEWS1 on the 12th, the Seoul National Police Agency carried out regular mid-year promotions for inspectors on this day.

At Gangnam Police Station, Inspector Son Jae-man, transferred from the Gyeongbuk National Police Agency, will take the position of Chief of Investigation Division 1, while Inspectors Yoo Min-jae and Chae Myeong-cheol, transferred from the Gyeonggi Southern National Police Agency, will serve as Chiefs of Investigation Divisions 2 and 3, respectively.

In the criminal division, Kim Won-sam, Chief of Criminal Division 1 at Seoul Gangseo Police Station, will lead Division 1, and Yeom Tae-jin, Chief of the Criminal Division at Seoul Yongsan Police Station, will lead Division 2.

Earlier, after a scandal involving misconduct in investigations emerged at Gangnam Police Station, the police had announced a rotation of personnel for inspectors and sergeants working in investigative departments. Park Sung-ju, Chief of the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters, stated at a press conference on the 11th, "Regarding the allegations of collusion, we plan to implement a rotation of personnel for inspectors and sergeants in the Gangnam area investigative departments, considering internal evaluations including work discipline."

Since personnel changes are also planned for ranks below inspector, the overhaul of the Gangnam Police Station's investigative line is expected to be the largest in history since the 'Burning Sun' scandal in 2019, which involved former BIGBANG member Seungri. In fact, Gangnam Police Station recently internally announced a recruitment for positions in the Investigation and Criminal Divisions, requiring candidates to have investigative experience from police stations outside the Gangnam area (Gangnam, Seocho, Songpa, Bangbae, and Suseo) as a condition. The recruitment targets sergeants and aims for double-digit numbers.

According to the announcement, while team members and team leaders are recruited separately, a mandatory condition is that candidates must be sergeants currently working at 26 police stations other than the five Gangnam-area stations (Gangnam, Seocho, Songpa, Bangbae, and Suseo). Additionally, team members must either hold a lawyer's license or possess investigative experience. For team leader positions, typically held by sergeants, an additional condition requires that candidates must have worked at a metropolitan or provincial National Police Agency's major investigation unit or served as a team leader at a frontline police station.

The replacement of the investigative line at Gangnam Police Station occurred after allegations emerged that Inspector Song, a member of the station, recently received a request from Lee, the husband of Yang Jeong-won.

It was reported that the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office for Financial and Securities Crimes, which was investigating Lee's stock manipulation charges, discovered during the investigation that Lee, who had a close personal relationship with a National Police Agency inspector named A, requested Inspector Song, then Chief of Investigation Division 1 at Gangnam Police Station, to cover up the case and provided entertainment such as visits to hostess bars.

Gangnam Police Station was designated as a 'Special Personnel Management Zone' in accordance with the National Police Agency's comprehensive measures to eradicate collusion and corruption announced in 2019.

Yang Jeong-won married Lee in 2023 and gave birth to a son in December of the same year.

Yang Jeong-won's husband, Lee, has been arrested and prosecuted on charges including involvement in a 28.9 billion won stock manipulation case. Among these, Yang Jeong-won became entangled in a franchise fraud case involving a chain academy where she worked as a model, and she was investigated by police as a suspect on the 29th of last month.

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