"You kept your face hidden".A lawsuit is filed to cancel the disclosure of the identity of a military officer for "damaging the body."

ⓒYonhap News Agency

An active army officer in his 30s who killed a female military officer and damaged her body and dumped her in the Bukhangang River in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, reportedly took legal action against the police's decision to disclose personal information.

According to the Gangwon Police Agency today (8th), A, who is accused of murder, damage to the body, and abandonment of the body, filed an injunction for "stopping the execution of personal information" with the Chuncheon District Court.

In addition, it also filed an administrative lawsuit for the "request for cancellation of the disposition of disclosure of personal information", which is the main lawsuit.

Earlier on the 7th, the Gangwon National Police Agency held a review committee on the personal information disclosure of the suspect A for "damaging the body of the Bukhangang River" and decided to "disclose personal information."

However, as A filed an objection to 'immediate disclosure', the police decided to disclose A's personal information with a grace period of at least five days (8-12 days), and A took advantage of this period to take legal action.

According to the current Act on the Disclosure of Personal Information such as Suspects of Specific Serious Crimes, the criminal's personal information can be disclosed if the requirements such as the cruelty of the means of crime, the seriousness of the damage, sufficient evidence, the public's right to know, the public interest, the post-crime situation, and the need to protect victims are met.

However, there is a provision that prosecutors and judicial police officers, who are the subjects of personal information disclosure, must disclose personal information with a grace period of more than five days from the date of notification of personal information disclosure to the suspect. In other words, immediate disclosure of personal information is only possible when the suspect expresses no objection in writing.

If the application for provisional injunction filed by Mr. A is accepted, the disclosure of personal information will be temporarily suspended until a judgment on the main case is made.

If the court does not accept the request for provisional injunction, the police can disclose personal information around the 13th.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team