Alleged Cover-up of Jinan County Chief Election Law Violation Investigation

Approximately three repeated complaints have been filed since the initial accusation.

Each time complaints about Jinan County Chief Jeon Chun-seong's election law violation are received, they are assigned to the Jinan Police Station, the jurisdictional police station. This has led to suspicions that the cases are not being effectively processed and are, in fact, being continuously covered up.

In particular, the continuous assignment of this case to an investigation team leader who has a special relationship with County Chief Jeon Chun-seong is intensifying doubts about the fairness of the investigation.

With the launch of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency and the Public Prosecution Service in October, the prosecution's right to request supplementary investigations will be abolished, and the police will effectively gain the power to conclude investigations. The prosecution will only be able to exercise its right to request supplementary investigations. Critics argue that cases like the ongoing Jinan County Chief incident are a preview of the adverse effects of police investigative power abuse that such changes will bring. Concerns are mounting that there may be insufficient mechanisms to check the police's exercise of investigative conclusion power.

This incident highlights the need for checks and oversight of the police's strengthened investigative powers in the future.

The lack of sufficient deliberation in the process of abolishing supplementary investigative powers has been pointed out as a problem.