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Police send officer to prosecutors over alleged hit-and-run and false confession scheme

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Gwangju Seobu Police referred an officer from Gwangju Bukbu Police to prosecutors without detention over an alleged hit-and-run injury crash and obstruction of justice.
  • Police allege he struck another vehicle in Gwangju on August 4, fled, and sent his wife to falsely identify herself as the driver the next day.
  • Investigators said CCTV and the wife’s statement exposed the alleged driver switch; the officer was removed from his post and placed on standby.

A South Korean police officer has been referred to prosecutors without detention after allegedly fleeing an injury crash and arranging for his wife to falsely surrender as the driver.

Gwangju Seobu Police accused the officer, identified only by the initial “G,” of hitting another vehicle on a road in Unam-dong, Gwangju, at about 11 p.m. on August 4. The other driver suffered injuries, and the officer allegedly fled the scene.

Police also allege that he sent his wife to a police station the following day, where she falsely claimed to have been driving the vehicle.

Investigators reportedly identified signs of the alleged driver switch by examining the wife’s statement and closed-circuit television footage. After questioning, the officer allegedly confessed.

Police did not conduct a breath test because they questioned him two days after the crash. The officer has since been removed from his position and placed on standby.

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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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