44. Hanon Ninety Three
Parking lot in front of Building 105.
’97 black Avante interior.
Detective Park, sitting in the passenger seat, mumbled kimbap and said.
“Doesn’t the manager have some?”
Instead of answering, Team Leader Kim Jung-soo spoke in a low voice.
“hey! Lower yourself.”
Outside, a dark-clad student looked around and then entered the third aisle of the 105th apartment building.
Team leader Kim Jung-soo said with a light smile.
“under—! Chae Jung-ho, this child, really… .”
Detective Park asked what team leader Kim Jung-soo said.
“Are you an accomplice earlier?”
“He’s right, but I don’t think he’s an accomplice.”
Detective Park swallowed the gimbap he was muttering and said.
“But ah… Why did you tell me to change the license plate?”
“He knows our car number.”
“What do you mean? Do you know our car number?”
“I have the ability to memorize everything just by looking at it. You must have memorized the license plate while getting in this car earlier.”
“a–! Is that possible?”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo turned his head and glanced at Detective Park once, and Detective Park, who read his eyes, said:
“Oh my! Is that true? Wow— If you have that kind of ability… Can’t I ask for help in resolving the Insadong case?”
“Calm down. He’s still a freshman in high school.”
“haha–. I just did it.”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo said as he started the car.
“Detective Park, did you say you were in the homicide world when you worked at Gangdong-seo?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Have you ever rescued a child?”
“Once. 5 years ago? I was 8 then… .”
“Do you see him every now and then?”
“What… We don’t meet separately, but if we have to go nearby, we just come to see if we’re doing well from afar.”
Team leader Kim Jung-soo said with a smirk.
“Are you too?”
“Haha–. Well, aren’t you a police officer for this taste?”
“The culprit in Building 105 is the child I saved four years ago.”
“ah… ! Did you?”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo nodded and said.
“I was worried about such a major accident, but seeing that I have a friend who would risk my life… You seem to be living well.”
“A friend who will risk your life?”
“Yeah, the guy who just entered the apartment.”
Detective Park nodded, and team leader Kim Jung-soo continued.
“That guy… He knows what he is doing right now.”
“You know everything? Are you talking about going into the apartment to destroy evidence?”
“From destruction of evidence to false testimony… He knows it’s all a crime.”
“a! Didn’t I say I was a freshman in high school earlier?”
Team leader Kim Jung-soo said with a smirk.
“Even though he looks young, he has a 100-year-old snake sitting in his stomach. We met and talked for a while… Oh, I wanted to.”
“Then, isn’t it similar to the team leader? There is one thousand-year-old snake in the captain’s stomach.”
* * *
Two days later, Tuesday morning school time.
I saw Incheol walking towards the bus stop and said.
“hey! Did nothing happen all night?”
In-cheol, with a straight face, nodded, but it seems like he didn’t sleep well last night.
After I visited In-cheol’s house last Sunday night, In-cheol deleted all evidence from his computer, and I brought all the 3.5-inch diskettes containing the virus code into my house, formatted them, and threw them in the trash.
Incheol asked with an apologetic expression.
“Jeongho, are you going to Korea University after school today?”
Yesterday, after school, I visited the Hankuk University Library, where I checked the law books and case law books until late.
read at noblemtl.com
No matter how important a friend is, it seems to be true that the human arm bends inward.
The first thing I looked for in the library was… .
Because they were precedents related to false statements and destruction of evidence.
I nodded at In-cheol’s question, and In-cheol asked me again.
“By the way… What is written in the code of law? Maybe I… Big punishment, are you getting it? yes?”
“Don’t worry too much. You only have to live 10 years in prison.”
At my words, In-cheol’s legs loosened and staggered.
ah… ! Am I too harsh?
“Hey, hey! It’s a joke, a joke!”
As of 1997, there is no law that can punish computer viruses or hacking cases.
So I mainly checked the case books, but it was difficult to find similar cases.
Team leader Kim Jung-soo had said that he had secured computer access records.
Once such evidence is obtained, an investigation must be conducted to find more convincing evidence.
However, seeing that police investigations, such as seizures and searches, were no longer carried out, I thought that the reason was because there was no provision in the law to punish them.
There is a principle of criminal justice in the criminal law, and in simple terms… If there is no law to punish, there is no crime.
In other words, what In-cheol did was clearly wrong, but it is not considered a criminal act.
At my explanation, Incheol said with a long sigh.
“I firmly resolve to devote my body and mind for the infinite glory of Chae Jeong-ho, to be faithful. Jingling—!”
I smiled and Incheol asked.
“hey! So you don’t need to go to Korea University today, do you?”
“I still have more to check… .”
There was one thing that bothered me.
Even if the criminal act did not constitute a criminal act, a civil law suit for damages could come in.
As an easy example, it is possible to claim damages for the cost used to change to a men’s and women’s class. I wanted to check through the case study whether there were any cases of such civil lawsuits against the public by government agencies such as the Office of Education.
* * *
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Hacker Investigation Unit.
Detective Park entered the office and told Team Leader Kim Jung-soo.
“OMG—! The fortune teller reporter stuck together again.”
“A fortune teller?”
“I’m So Su-jeong, a reporter with a dot under her right eye.”
“ah… ! Was reporter So’s nickname a fortune teller?”
Detective Park nodded and said.
“If you ask, it seems that the smell of the incident is amazing.”
“I know someone inside the police department. You have to be careful about what you say in front of small reporters.”
Detective Park said with a low voice.
“ah… ! Is that true? If you are an insider, who is it?”
“If you want to prolong your police career, you better not know about that.”
“a! Just tell me.”
“Stop talking nonsense! aren’t you going to work? Has the Gangseo Yangcheon Office of Education case been closed?”
“I am doing it now. But this is really… Can I cover it up like this?”
“Then how? There is no law to punish.”
“I know that… Still, if there is an indictment, isn’t it possible for the education office to file a civil case?”
“Are you going to file a civil case with the school district? Then, the first thing to do is to fly from there, the head of the education office, Mogaji, right?”
“haha–! Indeed, it is.”
“And once the culprit is known, the school district… It will be resolved in a different way, not in a civil case.”
“Suspension or… Expulsion, something like this?”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo nodded and said.
“It will probably be difficult to go to school properly.”
That was then.
The office door opened slightly and a woman showed her face, and after confirming that team leader Kim Jeong-soo was present, she did not enter the office and closed the door again.
“Oh my goodness? It wasn’t here! sorry.”
As the door closed, team leader Kim Jeong-soo said to Detective Park.
“Isn’t that the reporter So-Jeong I mentioned earlier?”
“Yes, that’s right. Really like a stalker. Because yesterday he followed me to my house! I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with things that don’t matter.”
At Detective Park’s words, Team Leader Kim Jung-soo smiled and said.
“Isn’t it a big deal? What could be a better scoop than this?”
“Is it a special?”
“Right now, men and women are being mixed in all over the country, but now that I know this… A high school student hacked into the education office and sent a forged notice. how is it? Isn’t this a nuclear bomb-class scoop?”
“ah… ! That’s why fortune teller reporters come to work every day these days.”
“So, be careful. Don’t even mention that the case has been closed.”
“all right.”
next day.
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Hacker Investigation Unit.
As soon as Detective Park entered the office, a woman caught Detective Park.
“Detective Park, just tell me that. yes?”
“I don’t know either.”
“a–! I know you’re in charge of that case. The school district case was dismissed, right? Just tell me.”
“Reporter So, I really don’t know.”
Detective Park had a hard time removing her, then entered the office and closed the door.
After a while, the office door opened slightly, and reporter So-jeong entered the office after confirming that Detective Park was alone.
“uh? Reporter! You can’t come in here!”
Reporter Soso-jeong hurriedly headed to the desk of team leader Kim Jeong-soo, and rummaged through the documents on the desk.
“Detective Park, I will check this one thing before leaving.”
Detective Park said with a bewildered expression.
“You really shouldn’t be here. Get out.”
“a—. If the prosecution is suspended, it’s not a very important case, because you didn’t tell me about it… That’s what I do.”
bang—!
It was the sound of the office door closing.
“What are you doing now!”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo of the big-guy looked at reporter So, and the reporter, who was frightened by the bloody atmosphere, spoke in a calm voice.
“The Daedong Ilbo’s social department is a small group. I am a reporter for the police department.”
“If you’re a reporter, you know well that you shouldn’t come in here recklessly, right? If you do not leave immediately, you will be charged with obstructing the execution of official duties.”
Reporter So said with a smirk when he heard that it was a charge of obstructing the execution of official duties.
“Aww–! be scared! Don’t do that, just tell me if the school district case is not prosecuted, okay?”
“Last say. Get out now.”
Reporter Soo raised his voice without losing.
“Don’t be so harsh! I am a journalist who protects the people’s right to know! The team leader knows that this case is not an ordinary crime. So, just tell me whether or not to prosecute.”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo walked to reporter So, pulled out handcuffs and put them on her arms.
“I am urgently arresting you on charges of obstructing the execution of official duties due to obstruction of the investigation and trespassing into state institutions. You have the right to remain silent, the testimony you give may apply against you, and you have the right to an attorney.”
Reporter So said with a bewildered expression.
“Gee, now, what, what are you doing? I told you. That reporter!”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo ignored reporter So’s words, and spoke in an indifferent voice to Detective Park, who was watching what was happening now with a confused expression.
“What do you do if you just watch an intruder who has entered the restricted area of the Police Department? They may be carrying a knife-like weapon, so confiscate everything they have as evidence and hand them over to the Criminal Division.”
Reporter So said with a raised voice.
“Aren’t you going to release me right now? And what kind of weapon do you have? I’m stunned… really! Where in the world is this nonsense!”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo looked at reporter So-jung and spoke in a low voice.
“The pen is mightier than the sword, isn’t it something reporters always say?”
When team leader Kim Jeong-soo turned his attention to Detective Park, Detective Park took over reporter So, who raised his voice even more and shouted.
“Don’t let this go! I think I’m going to suffer like this and stay still! hey! let this go! You guys are crazy! You guys are so ignorant of how scary the media is right now, you will regret it!”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo called Detective Park.
“Wait a minute! Detective Park.”
“yes?”
Team leader Kim Jeong-soo pressed the handcuffs on reporter So’s wrist with great force.
Close–! A low moan escaped from reporter So’s mouth as the handcuffs tightened their wrists with the sound.
“It’s quiet now. Detective Park, add the charge of threatening the police.”