Ministry of Labor special envoy sent without detention for leaking undisclosed information to labor attorney

The labor attorney was sent on charges of forgery of evidence, and the employer was charged with professional negligence manslaughter.

(Jeonju = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Moon-kyung = A special judicial police officer (hereinafter referred to as a special police officer) of the Jeonju branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor who leaked undisclosed information related to a serious disaster to a labor attorney was handed over to the Public Prosecution Office.

The Jeonbuk Police Agency announced on the 5th that it had sent Mr. A, who worked as a special inspector in the serious disaster investigation department of the Jeonju branch of the Ministry of Labor, without detention on charges of violating the Act on Preventing Conflicts of Interest among Public Officials.

Mr. A is suspected of conveying undisclosed information related to the fatal accident of a truck driver that occurred at a waste treatment plant in Jeongeup last April to Mr. B, a labor attorney who was a labor inspector at the Jeonju District Office.

It was confirmed that Mr. B, who wanted to know related information in order to take on the case at the time, received information such as the 'report on trends in the occurrence of major industrial accidents' from Mr. A, who worked in the same department and was close to him.

Afterwards, Mr. B actually succeeded in signing the contract, but the police explained that the contract was not concluded using the data.

At the time, it was discovered that an acquaintance of the CEO of the company where the accident occurred had requested the case to Mr. B's labor law firm, and that another labor attorney who had been requested had reintroduced the case to Mr. B.

This case began to come to light when the police, who were investigating a case of manslaughter at a waste treatment plant in Jeongeup, recognized that the documents submitted by the company did not exist.

It was found that Mr. B, with the help of Mr. C, an industry official, created and submitted false documents that were important in determining manslaughter due to occupational negligence.

The police, who were investigating Mr. B's evidence forgery case, even identified the circumstances in which Mr. A had leaked undisclosed information to the outside world and began the investigation.

The police, who investigated all cases, also sent Mr. B and Mr. C without detention on charges of falsifying evidence.

In addition, the CEO of the company where the death occurred was deemed to have inadequate safety management and was sent to the company on charges of manslaughter due to occupational negligence.

A police official said, “We deemed that all of them were guilty and sent them to the case without detention.”