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Thu, March 23, 2023 | 10:42
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Former police chief questioned for alleged bribery
뇌물수수 혐의 조현오 전 경찰청장 검찰 출석
Posted : 2015-08-03 16:32
Updated : 2015-08-03 19:47
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By Lee Kyung-min

Cho Hyun-oh
Cho Hyun-oh
The prosecution questioned former Korean National Police Agency Commissioner General Cho Hyun-oh, Monday, over allegations he accepted 50 million won in bribes from a Busan-based construction company owner in return for helping the latter's acquaintances gain senior positions in the police force.

Cho appeared before Busan District Prosecutors' Office at 9 a.m.

"I met the company owner a couple of times, but I did not receive any money from him," he told reporters before entering the office. "I believe the truth will be made public."

Prosecutors suspect that Cho took the money from the company owner, surnamed Jeong, in 2011 when he was chief of the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency. Cho allegedly helped at least four senior police officers, with whom Jeong was close, be promoted to higher positions at the agency.

During earlier questioning, Jeong told the prosecution that he offered the money "out of good will" as a friend, claiming the money was irrelevant to the promotion requests.

Prosecutors jointly questioned Cho and Jeong about the money-for-promotion deal. "The regional police agency chief has great power in almost all affairs in the organization, so we suspect that the money was bribery for the promotions in a broader sense," said a prosecutor.

The prosecution requested an arrest warrant for Jeong regarding the allegations twice in May, but a local court rejected them, citing a lack of evidence. The senior police officers involved in the allegation also claimed that their promotions were not connected with Cho.

Cho was also questioned over another bribery allegation involving two of his friends in Busan, surnamed Song and Lim.

Song received 12 million won from a man who asked him to deliver the money to Cho and requested the promotion of a police officer he was close to. Song was arrested, and the prosecution is investigating whether the money was really handed over to Cho or other high-profile police officials.

Meanwhile, Cho served eight months in prison and he was released in May last year for posthumously defaming the late former President Roh Moo-hyun. Regarding Roh's suicide in May 2009 amid the prosecution's intensifying probe into his bribery allegation, Cho said in 2013 that Roh committed suicide a day after police found a large sum of money in four bank accounts opened under the names of Cheong Wae Dae officials.


뇌물수수 혐의 조현오 전 경찰청장 검찰 출석

조 '한 푼도 받지 않았다' vs 檢 '혐의 입증 자신'

조현오 전 경찰청장이 뇌물수수 혐의로 조사를 받으려고 검찰에 출석했다.

피의자 신분으로 소환된 조 전 청장은 3일 오전 9시께 부산지방검찰청에 출두했다.

'부산의 건설업자에게 돈을 받은 사실이 있느냐'는 질문에 그는 '어떤 명목으로든 단 한 푼도 받지 않았다'며 혐의를 강하게 부인했다.

이어 '건설업자를 몇 번 만난 적은 있지만 돈은 절대 받지 않았다'며 '(나의) 결백이 법정에서 밝혀질 것으로 확신한다'고 말하고는 조사를 받으려고 특수부 조사실로 들어갔다.

검찰은 조 전 청장에게 2가지 혐의를 두고 있다.

첫 번째 혐의는 부산의 중견 건설업체 실소유주 정모(51)씨에게서 5천만원을 받았다는 것이다.

검찰은 '경찰관 인사 청탁 등과는 무관하고 선의로 조 전 청장에게 돈을 건넸다'는 정씨의 진술을 확보해 놓은 상태다.

검찰은 조 전 청장과 정씨를 대질 심문하는 등 강도 높은 조사를 벌여 정씨가 건넸다고 주장하는 돈의 직무관련성이나 대가성을 입증하는데 주력할 예정이다.

경찰청장의 권한이 워낙 광범위하기 때문에 '포괄적 뇌물수수' 혐의를 적용하는데 문제가 없다는 게 검찰의 입장이다.

검찰 측 부담도 적지 않다.

지난 5월 검찰이 뇌물공여 혐의로 정씨의 구속영장을 두 번이나 청구했지만 법원이 '범죄혐의에 대한 소명이 부족하다'며 연거푸 기각했기 때문이다.

검찰은 경찰관 승진 청탁과 함께 친구에게서 돈을 전달받은 혐의(특정범죄가중처벌법상 알선수재)로 구속기소한 부산 모 농협 조합장 A(60)씨와 조 전 청장의 돈 거래 의혹도 수사할 예정이다.

조 전 청장과 중학교 동기인 A씨는 또 다른 중학교 동기에게서 '알고 지내는 경찰관의 승진을 조 전 청장에게 부탁해 달라'는 말과 함께 1천200만원을 받은 혐의로 구속기소됐다.

승진 청탁과 함께 경찰관에게서 거액을 받은 혐의(특가법상 알선수재)로 구속된 전 건설업자 임모(67·구속기소)씨와 조 전 청장간의 의혹도 검찰의 수사 대상이다.  (연합뉴스)
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