[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 11th, the National Police Agency announced the transfer of 293 police superintendents, including the appointment of Kim Seong-jun, Security Guidance Officer of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Police Planning Division, as the Innovation Planning and Coordination Officer of the National Police Agency.
Nam Jae-hyun, the Personnel Officer of the National Police Agency, who received a verbal warning related to the controversy over the reversal of the Police Commissioner appointment in June, will move to the position of Head of the Security Investigation Support Division at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Park Jae-hyun, Chief of the Suseo Police Station in Seoul, was appointed as the Personnel Officer of the National Police Agency. Lee Dong-hwan, Head of the Police Science Department at the Korean National Police University, who participated in the National Superintendents' Meeting opposing the establishment of the Police Bureau under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, was placed on standby in the Police University Operations Support Division before retirement.
Among the four heads of the National Police Agency's Intelligence Bureau, three have been reassigned. Park Kyung-jung, Head of the Intelligence Analysis Division, and Kim Chan-soo, Head of the Intelligence Management Division, swapped positions, and Park Jae-young, Head of the Public Safety Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Division at the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency, was appointed as Head of the Intelligence Cooperation Division. Yeo Jin-yong, Chief of the Dongjak Police Station in Seoul, was transferred to the position of Head of the Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Division, which had been vacant due to the dispatch of Bang Yoo-jin, Head of the Personnel Support Division of the Police Bureau under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.
Kang Il-gu, Head of the Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who had been investigating allegations of sexual bribery involving Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, moved to become Chief of the Seongdong Police Station in Seoul. Lee Choong-seop, Chief of the Dongan Police Station in Anyang, was appointed as the new Head of the Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Jeong Myung-jin, Head of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, who is in charge of investigations related to Lee Jae-myung, a member of the Democratic Party, retained his position.
Following the appointment of Yoon Hee-geun as the new Commissioner General of the National Police Agency the day before, and the subsequent promotions and transfers of Police Commissioner Generals and Police Commissioners, the transfer of police superintendents has been announced, marking the general conclusion of high-ranking personnel changes.
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