
AI-generated summary
Former Taean County Governor Gase-ro has been under investigation for violating the Anti-Graft Act and accepting bribes on suspicion of receiving 3 gold toads (equivalent to 10 million won at the time) from a Taean-gun public official, Mr. A, through a local businessman, Mr. B, in July 2022 in exchange for promotion to administrative officer.
(Taean = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Yun-deok = Former Taean County Governor of South Chungcheong Province, who was not indicted on suspicions that he received a golden toad in exchange for personnel services, plans to report the police officer who investigated him.
Former County Governor Ga said at a press conference held at the Taean County Office on the 30th, "This investigation was an illegal and fabricated investigation faithfully carried out according to a script by two subordinate police officers who received a contract from an invisible hand." He added, "We will file a legal complaint against the chief and team leader of the South Chungcheong National Police Agency's criminal task force and firmly hold them accountable."
At the same time, he asked, โFurthermore, in a situation where there was no change in the case or any specific reason, why did the police suddenly transfer the case to the prosecution on April 3, four days before the Taean-gun mayoral primary of the Democratic Party of Korea in the national simultaneous local elections?โ and asked, โIsnโt this still an investigation into illegal manipulation of solicitation?โ
Former county governor Ga was eliminated from the party's primary after the fact that he was being sent to prosecutors became known.
He has been investigated on charges of receiving 3 gold toads (equivalent to 10 million won at the time) in return for promotion to administrative officer in July 2022 from Mr. A, a Taean-gun government official, through Mr. B, a local businessman and broker (violation of the Anti-Graft Act and accepting bribes).
However, on the 22nd, the Seosan Branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office decided not to indict both former County Governor Ga and Mr. A and B due to insufficient evidence.
AI outlook โ possibilities, not facts
Former Taean County Governor Gasero will file a legal complaint against the chief and team leader of the South Chungcheong National Police Agency's criminal task force.
Likely ยท Within weeks

Gasero, the former governor of Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, announced that he plans to file a complaint against the police officer who investigated him after receiving a non-indictment on suspicion of receiving golden toads. Former County Governor Ga claimed that the police investigation into violations of the Anti-Graft Act and bribery was an illegally manipulated investigation carried out according to a script by subordinates who received a favor from the Invisible Hand, and said that he would legally sue the chief and team leader in charge of the criminal task force of the Chungnam Police Agency. In addition, he asked why the police suddenly transferred the case to the prosecution on April 3, four days before the Democratic Party of Korea's Taean County mayoral primary in the national simultaneous local elections, and emphasized that there should be no cases of people's human rights being violated like this incident, which left an indelible stain on the process of separating investigative powers. Former Governor Ga was eliminated from the party's primary after the fact that he was being sent to the prosecution became known, and the Seosan Branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office decided not to indict former Governor Ga and his associates A and B due to insufficient evidence.

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