The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 236

Showtime for the Prosecutor!-236

Showdown (7)

“They took those women?”

“Yes.”

Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil was dumbfounded.

“Why take those useless things?”

“I haven’t been able to figure out the reason yet…”

Park Jae-pil couldn’t understand.

Even if the female teacher and the headmistress were the main culprits in this case, he had long since erased any evidence of his contact with them.

Even if he were to win them over, their testimony would be all there was.

And since there was no physical evidence, he had created a situation where he could easily get out of it.

‘It would have been better to join hands with the reporter who filmed Lee Doo-hyung’s video.’

That would have only complicated his work.

Even if he contacted the hospital and secured the CCTV footage of Lee Doo-hyung pointing his finger at the female teacher, the public might see it as a father’s reasonable anger at his daughter’s suffering since there was no audio.

But Choi Seo-joon didn’t even approach the reporter, let alone show any interest.

‘Did he delete the video?’

That can’t be.

If he touched the phone, there would be traces left, and Choi Seo-joon wouldn’t do anything that would give him a weakness for such a trivial matter.

He couldn’t understand Choi Seo-joon’s intentions.

“Can you contact those women?”

“No, I can’t. They went straight from the kindergarten to the prosecutor’s office, and it seems they’ve been put under surveillance with their phones confiscated.”

“Then, check again to see if there’s any evidence linking us. And remove all the burner phones and other means of communication we used to contact those women.”

“Yes.”

“Report any unusual activity immediately.”

“Understood.”

***

The day finally came when the phone had to be returned to the reporter.

Before even putting down her work bag, Yoon Seol-ha came straight into the chief prosecutor’s office.

“Chief Prosecutor, the reporter has just entered the prosecutor’s office.”

As expected, he visited as soon as it was past 9 a.m., as if he had been waiting.

He probably wanted to write an article harshly criticizing Lee Doo-hyung as quickly as possible.

“Yes. Hand over the phone. Stall for time as much as possible while teasing him.”

“Understood.”

Yoon Seol-ha bowed and left the chief prosecutor’s office, and I immediately called Park Soo-hyung, a reporter from WK Daily.

-Yes, hello?

“Soo-hyung, I think you can post the article now.”

-Okay. I’ll post it within three minutes and contact you.

Removing the video from the forcibly confiscated phone or tampering with the stored information is illegal, but the biggest reason why it can’t be done is that the other party can easily detect it.

However, there is no way for the other party to confirm that the video has been copied from the phone.

So, I took the video the reporter had taken and gave it to Park Soo-hyung.

Of course, I could claim copyright, so I told Park Soo-hyung to edit the video before handing it over.

Since they handled it well, even if the reporter recognized that it was his video, he wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

Of course, just taking the video wouldn’t stop the article from being published, so we had to publish the article first.

It wouldn’t prevent Lee Doo-hyung from being hit, but it was to mitigate the impact to some extent.

Park Soo-hyung is a professional at this, so he would write an article that would criticize Lee Doo-hyung weakly while framing it as justifiable.

As expected, the article was posted on the main portal site in less than three minutes as he had promised.

-[Exclusive] Prosecutor Park Jae-pil, a former criminal. Involved in another crime this time…?

-WK Daily has exclusively obtained information that Park Jae-pil, the chief of the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office, who was reappointed as chief prosecutor after serving time in prison for perjury last month, is once again involved in a crime. To understand the details, you must first refer to a video.

-Video

-The prosecutor appearing in the video is Lee Doo-hyung, the third deputy chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

At first glance, he can only be seen as a reckless person abusing his position as a prosecutor.

Of course, abuse of power is an unforgivable act for any reason, but if you look into the details, you can understand his feelings to some extent.

The people Lee Doo-hyung is pointing his finger at in the video are the female teacher and the headmistress of the kindergarten.

They are accused of assaulting Lee Doo-hyung’s daughter. The assaulted child is only two years old, and her nose bone was crushed and she was taken to the emergency room for surgery, and this video was taken while his daughter was undergoing surgery.

But the problem is that these assailants claimed that it was not their doing and that the child had fallen on her own.

After many twists and turns, the female teachers have now admitted their guilt and surrendered to the Central District Prosecutors’ Office, claiming that Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil was behind them.

As Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil has a criminal record and has been reappointed as chief prosecutor, there seems to be enough room for controversy.

A more serious fact is that the crime he committed this time is a much more serious assault than perjury. It was not just a simple instigation of assault, but a crime that even involved attempted murder that threatened life.

According to an anonymous source, it is speculated that this was a retaliatory act by Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil.

……(Omitted)…….

It is questionable whether justice can be established in Korea.

-WK Daily Reporter Park Soo-hyung

The article contains content that Lee Doo-hyung abused his power, so it seems like it is criticizing him, but if you read the details, it emphasizes that he had a justifiable reason and emphasizes Park Jae-pil’s crime.

Now that things have come to this, Park Jae-pil will never be able to stand still.

If he keeps his mouth shut, he will be devoured by the media and public opinion.

This is the real showdown.

I’m not nervous, but my heart is pounding.

Not because I’m scared or afraid, but because I’m so excited and looking forward to it.

It’s not just because I succeeded in persuading the female teacher and the headmistress that I’m confident.

It’s because I succeeded in creating a perfect scenario in my head after days of thinking.

It won’t just end with defeating Park Jae-pil and the Bear.

I will punish those involved and bring down Choi Gyu-hyun, and of course, I will be at the top.

The stage has finally been set to become the prosecutor general.

My dream is about to come true.

***

-I am innocent.

Park Jae-pil hurriedly issued a statement.

-Personally, I can only think that the perpetrators of the child abuse case are trying to shift the blame to me in order to reduce their responsibility.

As expected, he struggled to survive.

-If not, I suspect that the Central District Prosecutors’ Office may have colluded with the perpetrators to take revenge on me for personal grudges. Also, when this case was in progress, I…….

He attacked me with evidence that he was not involved.

-This is a low-level water-muddying tactic, a serious defamation, and a violation of rights by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

Park Jae-pil looked straight at the camera and expressed his innocence.

-I want to clear up the misunderstanding as soon as possible, and I will hold the Central District Prosecutors’ Office accountable when this matter is over.

With those words, Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil’s press conference ended.

“He must have prepared in a hurry. There is logic, but no emotion.”

I chuckled and turned off the TV.

“Yoon Seol-ha.”

“Yes, Chief Prosecutor.”

“Prepare a press conference. We need to show them the textbook of media play.”

***

“Chief Prosecutor.”

Before entering the press conference hall, Yoon Seol-ha approached me with an unusual expression while I was fixing my clothes.

“What’s wrong?”

“Isn’t there something you instructed Deputy Chief Lee Doo-hyung to do before coming here?”

It was something I had secretly asked Song Hyun-sung to do in order to catch Park Jae-pil’s tail.

“Yes. But Department Head Jang Ha-young received it and asked if it was okay for her to handle it.”

She is a person who has never passed on the work assigned to her to others.

Especially if it’s not a normal task like this time, she would feel even more responsible.

“What about Deputy Chief Lee Doo-hyung?”

“He said his daughter needs to go into surgery, so he needs to go to the hospital. He said the child is looking for her father a lot.”

“Wasn’t the important surgery completed successfully?”

“The important surgery is over, and it is said to be a minor surgery to remove fluid from the sinuses and inside the nose. However, the child is too young and needs to be anesthetized.”

Then I can fully understand.

Even if it were me, if my son, Ji-hoon, was looking for me before going into surgery for general anesthesia, I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on work properly.

“Yes. Then let Jang Ha-young handle it.”

“Understood.”

Yoon Seol-ha said to me with a glint in her eyes.

“Good luck with the press conference.”

I replied with a light smile and entered the press conference hall.

I’m quite used to the numerous flashes and cameras.

After greeting skillfully, I went straight to the point.

“I saw Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil’s press conference. I am here to reveal the truth because it is so absurd.”

I started speaking in a calm tone.

“As a result of the investigation by the Central District Prosecutors’ Office, including the Special Investigation Department, we have confirmed that this case is related to Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil. We have also secured some evidence.”

Of course, it is still circumstantial evidence, but it is enough to do media play [strategic use of media to influence public opinion].

“Most of all, what is certain is that the perpetrators of this case are pointing to Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil as the mastermind. The people in question have been found to be completely normal as a result of a mental evaluation. But there is no way they would have assaulted a 2-year-old child for no reason.”

The female teacher and the headmistress are still maintaining a cooperative attitude with us.

They still firmly believe that I will get them out when this case is over.

Of course, I have no intention of doing so.

If you commit a crime, you must be punished.

Especially a crime committed against a child, not me.

“But the problem is not just Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil.”

I raised my voice.

“The government of this country is behind Park Jae-pil in this case. We have confirmed that Jeong Seung-min, the Chief of Staff of the Blue House [the Korean presidential office], gave an advance payment, and we have confirmed that they promised to pay the balance. But before all these facts, the most important thing to note is…….”

I slammed the table and emphasized.

“The fact that a criminal was appointed as the chief prosecutor, and that person committed another crime. Moreover, the person who is the head of the prosecutors, the chief prosecutor.”

I didn’t give them a chance to rest and continued to drive them.

“Do you remember? In order to appoint him as the chief prosecutor, the president even talked about the justification in an important position called the national address.”

If they put Park Jae-pil in the position of chief prosecutor, taking these risks, they should be able to handle the aftermath.

“I will prove the collusion between the government and criminals, putting this position as the chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on the line. If they are clearly proven innocent, I will give up this position without any hesitation.”

I was serious.

I’ve made the game bigger, putting my future as a prosecutor on the line.

“But!”

I shouted briefly to refocus their attention and uttered the key words.

“If these problems are proven to be true, the government will have to take responsibility for it.”

With this, the die has been cast.

Either they collapse or I collapse.

I will end my bad relationship with Choi Gyu-hyun with this case.