Lee Sun Kyun's drug prosecution case: Two government officials charged for leaking important information related to the late actor; a journalist involved
Lee Sun Kyun
's drug prosecution case has been going on. According to recent reports, a police officer, as well as a prosecution investigator, has been formally charged for leaking information related to the case. The journalist that they leaked and shared the information with was also indicted by prosecutors in the case.
Government officials and journalists charged for sharing and receiving sensitive information
The drug prosecution case involving the late actor Lee Sun Kyun has received new updates as two government officials as well as a journalist have been charged by prosecutors. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office announced on June 5 that two government officials had been charged without detention for allegedly sharing important and sensitive information with a journalist.
One former police lieutenant with the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency, an investigator at the Incheon prosecutors' office, and a journalist who received and publicly shared the private information have all been charged for leaking information and for sharing private and personal data under the Personal Information Protection Act.
What was leaked?
According to reports, the former lieutenant shared a progress report on the drug case as well as another document in October 2023 by photographing the evidence. The report was confidential in nature, as it contained private details like the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all the individuals that had been identified and were being investigated in relation to Lee Sun Kyun's drug case. The progress report was also prepared and compiled by the narcotics crime investigation team of the Incheon police.
The investigator, on the other hand, had privately leaked information to a reporter. This person had allegedly informed a reporter verbally that actor Lee Sun Kyun was under formal investigation for drugs.
None of this information had been cleared for public release and had been unofficially leaked by the two officials as the case was still being investigated confidentially.
The leaked content was allegedly edited after being received by the journalist and was shared by an unnamed online news portal on December 28 in 2023, that too only a day after actor Lee Sun Kyun passed away and was found.
About Lee Sun-kyun and the case
Lee Sun Kyun, well known for his role in the film 'Parasite', had been under investigation since 2023 for drug-related charges. As per reports, the actor had been regularly attending questioning sessions at the police station. Due to the leaked information, the actor's name and face were on the front page and on everyone's screen even before any conclusion could be drawn from the questioning sessions.
On December 26, 2023, actor Lee Sun Kyun was found in his car. The actor had already passed away by the time he was found.
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