You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 605

The reporters buzzed with anticipation.

The mastermind behind everything, nicknamed NP and BB1, had finally been named.

From the beginning, Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon’s broadcast revealed that the land for the Ribbon Medical Center was owned by Ko Sang-joon. Then, they shed light on Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong, leading no one to suspect that Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong would ultimately be in charge.

However, since Ko Sang-joon was presumed to be the person in charge, it was expected that it would take some time for the information to surface. Therefore, no one anticipated it being mentioned in this briefing.

“In addition, some of the medical staff arrested at the scene admitted to participating in the organ trafficking business after being swayed by threats and enticements from Oh Jun-hong and Im Hyun-il. As with the recorded data released online, it has been confirmed that they used manipulative tactics such as, ‘Don’t you know who’s protecting you?’, ‘I’ll pave the way for your future,’ and ‘If you think of it as earning pocket money once in a while, you’ll earn enough to make a private practice envious.’ Based on these statements and the existence of illegal medical facilities located in Miseong, the investigation headquarters believes that the criminal group planned and executed continuous organized crimes.”

Amid the aggressive tapping of reporters’ keyboards, Hyun Byung-joo spoke again.

“Lastly, I would like to address the incident in which Im Hyun-il called Choi to the illegal medical facility in Miseong on April 8, before Choi’s death, and ordered the removal of organs from a minor who was not brain dead. Our investigation headquarters conducted victim and related person investigations on Yoo, the victim in this case. As you know, Yoo is a teenager from the House of Angels orphanage, the same orphanage as Park, the victim of the attempted organ trafficking case.”

This time, they even revealed the name of the facility, House of Angels.

The police seemed determined today.

The fact that the police, who had been avoiding direct mention of names until now, were showing this attitude meant that the charges had virtually been confirmed.

“As a result of the investigation, we have confirmed that the facts revealed in the recordings left by Choi during his lifetime and Yoo’s actions and statements on April 8 are all consistent. In addition, we have identified that the person who gave Yoo an anesthetic injection under the guise of revaccination was one of the medical staff arrested at the organ trafficking site. Accordingly, we will conduct additional investigations into the head of the House of Angels and related persons.”

Due to the previous case of drug abuse among teenagers and abuse of children at the orphanage, the National Human Rights Commission completed its investigation into the House of Angels and filed a complaint against the director and administrative staff member Kim Young-ji with the prosecution. The police, who were investigating the case, also made a decision to transfer the case.

However, it has not yet been revealed whether the House of Angels really addicted Son Jeong-min to drugs because Son Jeong-min is currently unable to testify. Therefore, the Seoul Metropolitan Government was planning to impose administrative sanctions of replacing the director and suspending operations for six months.

This incident will probably change the disposition to closure of the facility.

“Our investigation headquarters plans to continue the investigation, keeping in mind the possibility that House of Angels officials acted as suppliers for the human trafficking committed by Oh Jun-hong and Im Hyun-il.”

Hyun Byung-joo took his eyes off the script and made eye contact with the reporters.

“I will now take questions.”

* * *

[Title: The organ buyer being the Japanese Prime Minister’s daughter is so shockingㅋㅋㅋ]

[I saw an article saying she was the daughter of a powerful politician, but I thought they were just calling some unknown person powerful to attract attention. But the Prime Minister? Seriously (ㅅㅂ)!]

[Looking at the articles in Japan, the Prime Minister’s daughter is just an ordinary person, so it doesn’t seem like the Prime Minister’s daughter acted alone. Okay (ㅇㅇ)]

[Considering that Wooshin was trying to secretly provide organs, it seems like the Prime Minister is in cahoots with them no matter how you look at it.]

[Seriously (ㅅㅂ) Is this a dream? Even the dreams I have are more realistic than thisㅋㅋㅋ]

[└They say reality is stranger than fiction, but this kind of movie becoming reality is too muchㅋㅋㅋ]

[└Looking at the articles, it seems like it’s the Prime Minister. There are so many articles in Japan saying Wooshin is doing really well. Did the Prime Minister give them special favors? It’s been doing unusually well]

[└The prevailing theory is that they were trying to use Japan as a bridgehead for exportsㅋㅋㅋ There are also many analyses that they succeeded in Japan and easily penetrated other countries’ markets]

[└It’s like how idols debut in Japan when they become somewhat popular (laughing sounds) ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[└Ko Sang-joon should be burned at the stake]

[└Even if they have pride, they’re using our country’s baby organs… Ah, dismemberment is not enough]

[└If that bastard wants to give away organs, he should take out his own heart. Why is he giving away a young child’s heart as he pleases]

[Title: Look at the way Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong communicated with NP, BB1ㅋㅋㅋ]

[We will do our best to ensure that you have nothing to worry about]

[There have been no problems until today, and it will be over in just a few hours. All the luck seems to be on our side. Forget all your worries and sleep well, and you will hear good news tomorrow morning]

[I will do my best to repay you for trusting me and entrusting me with this. Agreed (ㅇㅈㄹ)ㅋㅋ]

[Oh, I thought Ko Sang-joon sucking up to Lee Jung-chan before was legendary, but Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong are the TOP]

[Listening to what Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong say to Choi, they act like they have a lot of authority, but in the end, they’re just sucking up to those who are above them]

[Even if they are found not guilty and return to work, people won’t be afraid of them at allㅋㅋㅋ]

[└There’s no way they’ll be found not guilty. The police revealed all their names and are sending them to the prosecutionㅋㅋㅋ Even if Buddha helps, Allah helps, Jesus helps, Shiva helps, and all kinds of gods help, they’ll still get probation]

[└ㄴㄴEven if Im Hyun-il’s father is the president, he won’t get probation]

[└He’s Japanese, so how can Im Hyun-il’s father be the president? He has to be the Japanese Prime Minister, but even if he’s the Japanese Prime Minister, he won’t get probation. The Japanese Prime Minister also has to go to jailㅋㅋㅋㅋAhㅋㅋㅋ]

Many people were busy mocking Oh Jun-hong and Im Hyun-il.

However, the most actively discussed topic was whether Ko Sang-joon was among NP and BB1.

Ko Sang-joon will be charged with creating slush funds, tax evasion, embezzlement, and breach of trust, but many people were curious as to whether he would be punished for organ trafficking.

Based on the facts revealed so far, it seems like he can get away with saying, ‘I didn’t know what was going on, I just lent the land.’

Oh Jun-hong and Im Hyun-il’s accounts will also be subject to search and seizure, and it will soon be revealed who they received what in return from.

But Ko Sang-joon’s name won’t be on it, will it?

That’s why people insisted that one of NP and BB1 must be Ko Sang-joon.

[Isn’t Ko Sang-joon obviously included in NP, BB1? It doesn’t seem like people’s initials, I don’t know if it’s an abbreviation or what, maybe a code name]

[└I’m an employee of one of Wooshin’s main affiliates, and Ko Sang-joon’s code name is CM1 (abbreviation for Chairman). For reference, there are no NP BB1 among the owner’s family or other executives]

[└Did you receive special orders to protect the chairman?]

[└I’m a former employee and moved to a competitor, but that person is right. It’s CM1. I’ve never heard of NP, BB1. If you suspect I’m an albatross [someone secretly working against the group], look at my previous posts.]

[└Wooshin is so funny, why do they have code names and stuffㅋㅋㅋ Is it James Bond?]

[└They use it for security, and other large corporations besides Wooshin also have code names. Just think of it as radio code words]

[└So are you trying to say that Ko Sang-joon isn’t among np bb1?]

[└I just commented because they were asking if it was a code name]

At this point, all internet news outlets and portal sites should be sharing their advertising revenue with us.

Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon are just writing down what they’re revealing on the broadcast, but the number of views is skyrocketing and the frequency of people visiting the site is increasing.

“I wonder what Sang-joon is doing now.”

“He can’t go outside right now, so he’s probably shivering inside his house. There are so many reporters in every corner of the alley in front of his house that the local residents are calling the police and making a fuss.”

Given Ko Sang-joon’s personality, I wonder if he thinks he can get through this mess.

It’s hard to predict because Wooshin or anywhere else has never had a case of this size, but there are too many overlapping misfortunes.

Slush funds, murder, organ trafficking.

There are more things that will explode in the future, and there is also the accumulated negative image due to the things that exploded in the past.

He may be desperately calling around, looking for a way to survive.

“Are you uncomfortable with the extra security?”

At my question, Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon glanced back.

They had always had security personnel assigned to them, but they increased the number because the danger increased as they started broadcasting.

“Not really.”

“It’s nice because I feel like I’ve become an important person.”

Choi Jong-hyun chuckled and said.

“And I get so many phone calls that I feel like I’ve become an even more important person.”

He pointed to the missed call history on his phone.

There were over 100 missed calls.

“Did you get that many in this short amount of time?”

“No, I’ve been collecting them since yesterday. As the number of missed calls increases, I feel like I’m becoming an important person, so I don’t delete the notifications.”

Choi Jong-hyun said proudly, and Jo Bong-joon clicked his tongue and patted him on the shoulder.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], your need for recognition has become stronger since you left Iljung Ilbo. I understand.”

“What, you punk?”

“Hyung, you honestly thought that if you quit Iljung Ilbo in such a cool way, there would be many people who would quit with you. But there was only Jungwoo.”

“……What are you talking about, you bastard? I didn’t think that.”

[False]

He seemed to have thought about it a little, so I decided to protect his dignity.

“Still, I’m in good contact with the kids, huh? There are a lot of kids who tell me industry news!”

“Yeah. Seyeon, one person?”

“That’s not it! You were happy that you were getting a lot of calls these days too. Didn’t your need for recognition explode after the stock broadcast failed?”

“What?”

“Aren’t all the people who are calling you now asking how to get rid of Wooshin-related stocks? Those people won’t call you again once this issue passes.”

“Oh, this hyung is really!”

* * *

A day has passed since the police held an official briefing mentioning Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong’s names and the names of organizations such as Seoul Wooshin Hospital and House of Angels.

It was enough time for even some people who had only heard that the organ trafficking group was ‘affiliated with a major company’ to know that it was Wooshin.

[The Wooshin Hospital labor union held a general meeting and stated that they could not help but be shocked by the fact that some medical staff belonging to Seoul Wooshin Hospital attempted to engage in organ trafficking, and urged the chairman of the Wooshin Welfare Foundation to directly state his position and cooperate with the investigation. The Korean Medical Association and the Korean Nurses Association also condemned some Wooshin Hospital medical staff who engaged in organ trafficking……]

Accordingly, medical personnel also began to move.

The good medical staff working at Wooshin Hospital must be feeling like they’ve been struck by lightning.

The once honorable Wooshin Hospital title has become a shackle in an instant.

The Seoul Wooshin Hospital website has not been working properly since yesterday due to traffic.

I wonder if everyone came in to see the faces of Im Hyun-il and Oh Jun-hong.

Of course, the site had already taken down all the photos of those involved in the incident, but there were screenshots circulating.

That wasn’t all.

[Title: I have a lot to say about Im Hyun-il from Wooshin Hospital]

[Content: I had surgery with Im Hyun-il after an accident before]

[He was at Yongin Wooshin Hospital at the time, and the surgery itself went well, but the doctor made me feel so bad that I transferred my outpatient care to another hospital;]

[I guess his personality was messed up, so he’s doing things like organ trafficking…;]

Patients who had surgery with Oh Jun-hong and Im Hyun-il, hospital staff who had them as superiors, and even people who had met them privately posted articles one after another.

Among them, the article in which a caddy at a golf course that Im Hyun-il frequently visits pointed out his golf skills and personality was personally very interesting.

The repercussions did not end here.

[‘Please take me to a hospital other than Wooshin Hospital’ Request from a patient in an ambulance]

[Seoul Wooshin Hospital’s reservation rate plummets… Was it this easy to make outpatient reservations?]

[“Discharge me immediately” Inpatients at Wooshin Hospital request discharge one after another]

[I can’t go to Wooshin Hospital no matter how urgent it is… I’ll have my organs taken out during surgery]

The reservations that had been made at Seoul Wooshin Hospital were canceled one after another, and the hospital, which used to be crowded with patients coming from the provinces to receive treatment, became less crowded than before.

Of course, it can’t be said that people have stopped visiting altogether, but the number of people has noticeably decreased.

However, if even the university hospital emergency room, which is grateful to accept anyone, is less crowded than before, doesn’t that tell you enough about the impact of this incident?

“Wooshin won’t be able to avoid making a statement soon. When will they make it? They need to make a statement so we can turn on the next broadcast.”

Kang Min-jae said after checking the reactions.

He even said he would go to Seoul Wooshin Hospital today to spy on them, but I barely managed to stop him and keep him at home.

Kang Min-jae’s face is already known, so if someone recognizes him in this situation, it will be difficult.

“They will.”

And that evening, Wooshin Hospital announced that it would make a statement.