How did you protect the chief?The 'Jeonbuk Fire' turned into a battleground.

The fire department's estimated breach of trust is less than 2 million won...I don't even charge you.The police investigation 'jumped' with the chief's breach of trust of about 16 million won.Abuse of authority to write false public documents...Reduction of malfeasance
Investigation subject to the investigation revealed confidential information about the inspection...Only the fire brigade is cleared of charges.

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The police, who have been investigating the suspicion of "inspection to look after the embezzlement of the fire chief's work promotion expenses," reported by YTN in a row, handed over those involved to the prosecution.

It was revealed that he had his subordinates write false official documents, and some even leaked confidential information of the inspection and protected Chief Wijie.

Reporter Kim Min-sung's report.

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Kim Byung-chul, then head of the Jinan Fire Department, was suspended for three months for spending his business promotion expenses privately and driving official cars personally.

At that time, the Jeonbuk Self-Governing Province Fire Headquarters inspected Chief Kim and caught only the amount of breach of trust worth less than 2 million won, and did not file a complaint based on the calculation results.

However, when the police investigated, Chief Kim's misconduct was at least eight times larger than that.

The total amount of business promotion expenses that Chief Kim spent privately for about two years was confirmed to be about 16 million won.

On the day after his junior, the late firefighter, Seung-il Kim, died, Chief Kim wrote a card at a sushi restaurant and made up evidence documents false.

Despite this, it was also revealed that the fire inspection team deliberately reduced Chief Kim's misconduct.

The police handed over to the prosecution the inspection team leader who abused his authority to intentionally omit the inspection report, the firefighter who made false official documents under these instructions, and the firefighter who leaked the inspection secrets to Chief Kim.

However, the police excluded its superiors, the inspector general and the head of the Jeonbuk Fire Department at the time of Junak-dong, from the list of prosecutors.

The police investigation has not revealed why these inspection team members went out to "protect Chief Kim."

[Park Young-L / Chairman of the Jeonbuk Committee of the National Civil Service Union's Fire Department: We are deeply concerned that an employee who has only been designated as an inspection officer for a month has been sent. We will fight until we get a convincing result that the person in charge is punished, not a tail-cutting investigation.

In the end, Chief Kim, who avoided heavy disciplinary measures such as demotion or dismissal, was later found to have sent a gift of dried corvina along with a text message of appreciation to former vice governor of North Jeolla Province, Lim Sang-kyu, the chairman of the disciplinary committee, and was charged with bribery.

In a police investigation, Chief Kim admitted to offering bribes, while former Deputy Governor Lim denied the charges.

As a result, three more low-ranking firefighters were on the verge of being punished while trying to save one chief of the crime, but Jeonbuk Fire Department could not avoid the stigma of a battle without making any position.

I'm Kim Minsung of YTN.