南韩警察承认为逃避工作虚假结案失踪人员案件

南韩济州岛一名姓Bu的警察因未经调查就关闭失踪人员案件而被控多项罪名1。该警察因伪造公共电子记录、妨碍公务和玩忽职守等罪名遭起诉1，至少虚假结案两起重大案件1。

Bu承认为逃避工作量而采取该行为，称"因为是典型的成年人，我想得很随意。如果不结案的话，要处理的事情很多，我出于交接案件的压力意识，虚假结案了"1。在这些虚假结案中，Bu向失踪者家属谎称已联系当事人1。其中，37岁失踪女性Jang Mi-ran于5月失踪，Bu声称已与其联系且其不愿见警察，但这些说法完全捏造1；Jang的遗体于随后在济州岛棕榈树种植园附近被发现1。另一名60多岁男性于7月失踪，Bu同样虚假声称已联系该男子，该男子已于本月初被发现遇难1。

警方发起补充搜查，在最近数周内发现四具遗体1。警方相信Bu可能虚假结案约25起失踪人员案件1。南韩总统李在明表示，这些"搅混池水的泥鳅"式的腐败分子损害了大多数勤恳警察的荣誉和尊严，并承诺进行警察部门改革1。

A police officer on South Korea's Jeju Island has confessed to closing missing person cases without investigation to reduce his workload 1. The officer, surnamed Bu, faces charges including falsifying public electronic records, obstructing official duties, and negligence of duty 1. He is believed to have falsely closed approximately 25 missing person cases 1.

Bu admitted to fabricating case resolutions for at least two high-profile disappearances 1. In one case, 37-year-old Jang Mi-ran disappeared in May, and Bu falsely claimed he had contacted her and that she refused to meet with police—a claim later found to be entirely fabricated 1. Jang's body was discovered the following week near a palm tree plantation on Jeju Island 1. In another case involving a man in his sixties who went missing in July, Bu similarly falsified contact claims 1. That man was found dead earlier this month 1.

In his confession, Bu stated: "Because they were typical adults, I thought about it lightly. If I didn't close the cases, there would be many things to handle, and out of pressure to transfer the cases, I falsely resolved them" 1.

The discovery has prompted wider scrutiny of the police department. Police discovered four bodies in recent weeks following Bu's false case closures 1. In South Korea, more than 70,000 adults are reported missing annually, with 99 percent marked as resolved within a month 1. President Lee Jae-myung responded to the scandal by describing such corrupt officers as "muddy loaches stirring the pond," stating that a few corrupt individuals damage the honor and dignity of the majority of diligent police officers, and pledged to reform the police department 1.