South Korean police face forgery scandal in missing persons cases
A scandal involving forgery within the South Korean police has revealed that authorities will re-examine approximately 310,000 disappearance cases closed over the past three years. This comes after the arrest of a police officer involved in forging official records to close cases of two individuals later found dead. The incident has raised questions about how authorities handle missing persons cases, especially considering that over 70,000 people reported their disappearances last year, and 99.7% of these cases were closed without thorough investigation. It also emerged that the Korean system designates someone as "missing" only under certain categories, reducing police authority to search for missing adults. This limitation was exploited in the scandal, leading to forgery operations that contributed to some of the missing persons' deaths. Many cases have now been forwarded for review and appeal.
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