[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A police superintendent A of the Busan Police Agency, who is under investigation for receiving tens of millions of won in bribes from a Busan businessman, has been suspended from duty.
According to the Busan Police Agency on the 14th, the Police Agency suspended Superintendent A, head of the investigation department of a certain division in the Busan Police Agency, effective from the 11th.
His successor is Superintendent Kim Doo-sung (41, 19th class of the Police University), appointed from the Police Agency's Investigation Structure Reform Team.
The Serious Crime Investigation Division of the National Investigation Headquarters of the Police Agency has detected that Superintendent A received about 50 million won over several years from a local businessman and has been conducting an investigation, including a search of Superintendent A's office on the 2nd.
Superintendent A is known to deny the related charges, stating, "There was a personal financial transaction with a businessman I have known for decades several years ago, and it has long been repaid."
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