My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 565

“And in Korea, they’ll think they’re going to be targeted instead.”

“But will this be effective?”

“It will be. Right now, those guys have jointly appointed a lawyer.”

“Ah!”

Naturally, the lawyer who heard that will confirm it with others. They won’t be able to ignore the information received through legal channels, so they will naturally inform the other members.

“Won’t they file an objection with the court?”

“This is a tricky issue.”

“Tricky?”

“Yeah, they can file an objection. But what will people think if this leaks to the public? China has been doing all sorts of crazy things to Korea.”

“Ah, I see.”

People will say that they released the Chinese suspects because they were afraid of China and only arrested the Koreans. If they were caught in the same human trafficking operation at the same location, but only the Chinese were released, that kind of criticism is inevitable.

“The judge knows that too. The lawyer will know it too.”

From the lawyer’s perspective, it’s understandable to feel wronged. In fact, legally, even if people are involved in the same situation, they are normally punished separately according to the law and the severity of their crime.

For example, there was a case where three people played Go-Stop [a Korean card game similar to poker] together, but two were not punished and only one was.

The reason is that for the two, the stakes were just small change, but for the punished person, who was poor, it was not a small amount of money and was seen as gambling.

From the public’s point of view, it’s strange logic, but that’s how the law can work.

What would happen if they released the Chinese and only punished the Koreans here?

Nine women lost their lives.

Moreover, such details are often omitted in news articles. Even if it’s in the judgment, the reporter will likely leave it out, because that’s how it becomes a major issue.

“So, from the lawyer’s point of view, it’s the worst-case scenario.”

They can protest, but the judge will never accept it. So, what’s the solution?

“They gather together and try to pin as much blame as possible on the Koreans.”

“That’s right. And collective intelligence is more helpful than you think.”

They are currently feigning ignorance, saying, ‘Sue me.’ But if they gather the information they each know and maximize it, new information will emerge.

“All we have to do is wait.”

The Chinese will bring the information themselves.

As Park Do-joon expected, the Chinese, who were sharing information, were in a panic because they felt cornered. As they began to believe that the Koreans were trying to blame them, they began to struggle to escape the blame.

“This is illegal.”

“It’s not illegal.”

“What?”

“No, isn’t it? We haven’t interfered with the defense, we haven’t fabricated evidence, and we haven’t created a crime.”

Park Do-joon waved his hand dismissively and said.

“But if the police investigate with prejudice…….”

“So, we’re not investigating with prejudice, but they’re claiming that the Chinese threatened them and they had no choice, what are you going to do?”

“Keuk…….”

The lawyer was breathless at Park Do-joon’s words. In fact, Korea officially applies the principle of presumption of innocence, but unofficially, it often feels like the principle of presumption of guilt.

If the prosecutor declares, ‘You are the culprit!’ then the responsibility of proving guilt is not on the prosecutor, but the reality is that you have to prove your innocence yourself.

In fact, there was a case where the prosecutor submitted an absurd document in a power-related case, saying, ‘Please arrest him because there is a possibility of intimidation,’ and the court actually issued an arrest warrant after seeing it. They hadn’t committed a crime, nor had they intimidated anyone. It’s an era where an arrest warrant is issued based on the prosecutor’s mere imagination that they might intimidate.

A future was depicted in a movie where people were punished for the possibility of committing a crime, and that has become a reality.

In such an era, I couldn’t say that this absurd claim wouldn’t work.

“It’s not that we’re doing that. You know, they ate, drank, and even lived with the main culprits, and they’re even a Chinese-affiliated violent organization? Then it’s obvious, isn’t it?”

Well, at that point, anyone would have to admit that they were the culprits.

“Bring evidence that it’s not.”

Park Do-joon said dismissively, and the lawyer hurriedly turned around and headed to meet the criminals.

“We’re the criminals?”

“No, we’re not the criminals?”

Of course, they knew about the kidnapping. But they don’t know where they’re going or what’s going to happen to them. They can’t even be seen as the same organization. They were too busy growling at each other.

“Lawyer, we just did our job!”

They used the same space and lived together, but they didn’t directly kidnap or kill anyone themselves.

“Of course, I know. But the circumstantial evidence is not good.”

“I’m going crazy. We couldn’t even access that room.”

The kidnapped women were locked in a motel room, and other guys came and took them away. They even kept giving them sleeping pills to prevent them from screaming.

They didn’t even have the authority to enter that room. The door had a door lock with a password set on it.

“But why are you blaming us!”

“That’s the situation.”

Both sides have no evidence. But if they are found guilty, they will die, so they have no choice but to blame this side.

“Besides, I heard you were harassing them?”

“That’s…….”

“Your guys have told everything.”

They controlled what they ate, controlled where they went, and even sexually harassed and verbally abused the women. If Man-wi hadn’t put on the brakes, they probably would have raped them.

“I’m going crazy.”

At those words, the Chinese leader grabbed his head.

“We really don’t know anything.”

“We need information. We need to gather something and argue.”

“Information…….”

But there is no information about the boss. The guys who came to pick up the women didn’t even talk to them.

“Don’t you even have information about the Koreans?”

“How could we? We played completely separately from those guys.”

In fact, they didn’t like that, so they ostracized them. They were getting less than 2 million won for doing what they were told, but those guys were getting over 10 million won.

“What did you just say?”

“Those bastards were getting over 10 million won per case.”

“Why are you telling me that now!”

“Huh? Is that important?”

“It’s important!”

They were claiming that they were with them because of threats. But if they only had money involved, that changes things.

“Tell me anything that comes to mind, anything.”

“Ah, that Song An-nyeo? I think she goes to a host bar.”

“Host bar?”

“Yes.”

“How do you know that?”

“That’s…….”

“Do you want to be sentenced to death?”

The lawyer pressed him when he couldn’t answer properly. Then the leader opened his mouth.

“Because it’s a business we manage.”

“Manage? Wait, you said you didn’t commit a crime?”

“We didn’t commit a crime. We just managed it.”

“Keueung.”

It’s obvious without looking. It’s management in name only, but they must have extorted money by threatening them. After all, host bars are not protected by the police.

‘I expected it.’

A violent organization of this size borrowed a motel and settled down, so it doesn’t make sense that they don’t do anything while living there.

But as a lawyer, I have no responsibility to judge that, so I just pretended not to know.

“How much is it?”

“How much what?”

“How many businesses did you manage?”

“Uh, about… 400.”

“400?”

At that point, they had extorted money from almost every store in the area.

“Does the police just let that happen?”

The lawyer asked back without realizing it, perhaps because it was so absurd.

“Well, they said they managed the police well from above…….”

“Crazy.”

I understand. The police claim every day that there are no nationwide gangs in the first place, but everyone knows that’s a lie. Isn’t the current level of the police to pretend not to see them when they meet a gang?

“Then you know the movements of those four people to some extent?”

“Well, to some extent.”

“Tell me.”

“Do I have to say that?”

“If you want to prove that this side is innocent, you have to give something.”

At those words, everyone started racking their brains. And little by little, information began to gather.

“They definitely moved more freely than I thought. But there’s no evidence that they committed a crime.”

“No, there is.”

“What is it?”

Park Do-joon pointed to the part where the money was written.

“10 million won per case. That’s not a small amount of money. But those guys don’t have that much money in their accounts.”

“Ah, I saw that too.”

“Where did that money go?”

“Come to think of it?”

They will definitely keep that money somewhere. But it wasn’t in the hotel. It wasn’t in the account either.

“They wouldn’t leave it in the motel.”

They won’t even trust each other. If they leave it in the motel and someone steals it, they’ll be the only idiots.

“It’s not like they can report it when the Chinese steal it.”

“Then they must have hidden it outside……. Is it family?”

“No.”

The families have already cut ties with them. It is absurd to think that a person who is so messed up that they commit kidnapping and human trafficking can maintain a good relationship with their family.

“Then?”

“That’s the problem.”

Where is that money?

And where did they get that money?

“If we track this route, it will come out.”

“They wouldn’t have been together, would they? Besides, there’s no record of card transactions, is there?”

The criminals only used cash. It is a characteristic of people who are afraid of being identified. It’s almost a miracle that they found a lingerie store used by someone who only uses cash without a card.

“So, we need to check this route.”

“There’s nothing special.”

“There’s nothing special. But we’re more grateful than we thought for the threats those guys made.”

“The Chinese gang members threatened you? Why is that?”

“Because those guys threatened us. Of course, they wouldn’t have gone outside, would they?”

If they had just been annoyed, would they have fought over food? That’s impossible. It was a situation that was actually threatening, so they had no choice but to eat what they were told while being annoyed.

“The Chinese guys are claiming that they have nothing to do with it, but…….”

They claim that they have nothing to do with the kidnapping organization in order to escape the blame, but if that were the case, there would be no reason to control what they eat.

“Despite such threats, they had to go outside. What does that mean?”

“Ah!”

The fact that they have to go outside despite the threat means that the reason for going out is desperate.

“Fortunately, it seems like these guys were following them to threaten them.”

Park Do-joon said, tapping the report.

“But were they just following them to threaten them?”

“That’s impossible. Are the Chinese crazy enough to follow them just to threaten them?”

“Then?”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

They don’t recognize the Korean criminals as their gang. And they were taking 10 million won in cash.