Police Raid Dispatch As Lee Sun Kyun Probe Deepens

On January 24, it was reported that police raided Dispatch as part of their investigation into allegations that the Incheon Police Department had colluded with the media to release information pertaining to Lee Sun Kyun‘s case.

Dispatch revealed that police had confiscated the notebook and phones of their journalists.

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The reason given for the search and seizure is the article that was published on the 28th, the day after Lee Sun Kyun’s demise. In the article, we criticized the police investigation and news outlets and, in the process, published a case report from October 18.
— Dispatch

Dispatch then shared which of their articles sparked the raid.

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The reason given for the search and seizure is the article that was published on the 28th, the day after Lee Sun Kyun’s demise. In the article, we criticized the police investigation and news outlets, and in the process, published a case report from October 18.
— Dispatch

Lastly, Dispatch stated that it hoped police would not be using their investigation to cover up Incheon Police Department’s shoddy handling of Lee Sun Kyun’s case.

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Lee Sun Kyun has died. The root of the problem was police leaking information and the reporters who published them. Recordings irrelevant to the case, an edited witness testimony, we need to reveal who was the chef that cooked up these lies.
After Lee Sun Kyun’s death, we published an internal police report. Police want to hide this report. I hope this search and seizure isn’t used to cover up that report.
— Dispatch