STRANGER 2
ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, LOCATIONS, AND INCIDENTS
DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS
I'm sure everyone here has never been a victim of a rental scam.
We caught the scammer. We stayed up all night and caught him.
But the warrant still hasn't been issued.
Is there someone ill in that house though?
These really seem like labels from a medicine bottle.
I want to know why a district prosecutors' office is looking for him.
You take care of this.
But I want you to tag along wherever he goes.
You brought it to our office,
so we should take care of it.
Do you know anything about the Segok Police Station?
-In the shower there... -"In the shower there..."
He died surrounded by colleagues who had been bullying him.
-Damn it! -It was suicide,
but it's homicide.
EPISODE 5
SEGOK POLICE STATION
The possibility that it may not have been a suicide
must've been brought up internally back then.
The people who found the victim
were the ones who bullied him.
You saw what they put him through.
You knew all about it, so how could you not suspect it?
Everyone knew about his severe depression,
so we all assumed that was what caused it.
No one questioned it being a suicide.
I've never heard of it.
Even though he suddenly died in the middle of investigating
-his corrupt teammates? -Listen.
As for the bribery case, we only found out about it
when the allegations surfaced a few months after his death,
so how could we have made the connection between the two back then?
Also, Sergeant Song was very stressed by the transfer itself.
There were rumors going around saying he was a nuisance
because he'd reported the Chief of Dongducheon Police Station.
Everyone knew about that.
That's not it.
Focus on the location, and not the reason.
Why did it have to be Segok Police Station of all places?
Did everyone at Segok Police Station know why?
Are you saying it wasn't a coincidence that Sergeant Song was transferred there?
He's the rude junior officer that told him off,
isn't he?
Correct, Officer Kim Su-hang.
He's the one whom Prosecutor Seo is trying to track down.
His uncle is the Chief of Dongducheon Police Station.
I went through the reports from 2017 and found out that he's the Chief's nephew.
Which reports? The ones about Sergeant Song?
Or the ones written after the bribery allegations surfaced?
Are you hoping for the former?
No, ma'am.
If the Chief of Dongducheon Police Station and his nephew were mentioned
in a report on Sergeant Song's case,
that means the one who wrote it suspected it might have been a homicide, but no.
There are no reports on Sergeant Song's death.
I guess the Intelligence Bureau
never got wind of Sergeant Song's death to begin with.
Even the Intelligence Bureau
can't know these things unless someone reports it.
It's not like every precinct has an officer from the bureau.
Then what happened to the Chief of Dongducheon Police Station?
After he was accused of the assault.
I think he was demoted to superintendent.
And he was transferred to a neighboring precinct.
If that's why he intentionally transferred Sergeant Song to where his nephew was...
Then the Chief is also...
Exactly. What a headache.
What's that?
The court records from those officers' bribery trial.
I'm sure Sergeant Song wasn't brought up during their trial.
No, he wasn't.
I didn't want to meet them without any background information.
I figured I should know the details about what went down
to be able to make a case,
so I visited the court first.
And Chief,
may I stop by the Anyang Correctional Institution tomorrow?
Who are you going to see?
Sergeant Lee Dae-seong.
He was the highest-ranking officer on the team after the Captain.
He's still serving time.
We don't know Officer Kim's whereabouts at the moment,
so I'd like to meet him first.
Okay, go. I'll track down Officer Kim for you.
Thank you, ma'am.
-Maybe it's not a bad thing. -Pardon me?
If it was indeed suicide,
we must use it to our advantage.
We'll throw a hard punch.
"In the middle of the heated debate over investigative authority,
the prosecution was targeting the police
by deliberately digging up a case that was closed two years ago,
claiming that an officer was murdered by his colleagues."
But it turns out they were wrong.
We'll say that the prosecution has wasted their resources
in an attempt to frame the police.
"The messy war between the top two investigative agencies."
There's a lot we can use against them.
That is all the more reason why this can't be a homicide.
Understood, ma'am.
I'd like a copy of the court records.
Visiting the court first was a good call.
Oh, thank you.
LEE DAE-SEONG, ARRESTED KIM SU-HANG
Later, we found out
that the chief's driver was also from a powerful family.
You need some serious connections to be assigned
as the official driver of a police station.
The chief had forgotten about that because he was angry.
I heard the main reason he received punishment
was because that driver was from a powerful family.
The Chief had it out for Sergeant Song because he couldn't touch the driver.
Now I can see how he could have been depressed.
No, that wasn't the reason.
This is what Sergeant Song told me.
"The higher-ups can't even speak up against those with power,
yet they can't stand it when their subordinates speak out.
They labeled me as a rebel
and transferred me because they were afraid I'd cause trouble."
This was Sergeant Song's concern.
That we, the police, shouldn't be like this.
I thought he was just a troublemaker,
but he was the one riddled with troubles.
KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY
I was on my way out but I came back because of you.
I'm sorry, sir.
Nam In-tae in Criminal Division 3.
Is he the one at the western office
who refused to issue the warrant for the rental scam case?
Yes. The suspect will be released in six hours.
Right.
Yes, Nam In-tae. I remember him.
What do you want me to do though?
-Could you-- -Then why did you come here?
You need to take it up with the western office.
They have their own chief prosecutor who takes care of things there.
"You shouldn't handle it like this. This is wrong."
You want me to pressure another office?
This man is charged with forgery of legal documents and seals,
and violated the Resident Registration Act. How can we let him walk?
Si-mok, I used to work there.
You're asking me to exercise my influence on them.
Let's say someone calls us out of the blue
and tells us that he used to be the chief here,
and orders us around. Is that fair?
Of course, I understand that Nam In-tae is being a total jerk to the police.
But that's...
What the hell?
You're not even listening to me
when you made me come back to the office?
-You're right. -So, you really weren't listening?
It's not that. Knowing that you worked
at the western office before transferring here,
I thought to come here for an immediate solution.
Right. I do have the power to provide you with such a solution, but--
I guess I, too, tried to use my connections
and reach out to someone who had an influential position there.
Why are you beating yourself up all of a sudden?
It's not like you were doing this for your personal gain.
But I'm sure others thought the same thing.
When they hired a former judge as their lawyer
after removing the restriction line,
I'm sure they didn't think they were doing something wrong.
I bet they just wanted to hire a lawyer who could help them win the case.
Just like how I came here.
Did you believe that you'd never do such a thing?
The thought itself had never occurred to me.
I've never considered a situation where I'd try to change the outcome
by pulling strings.
For this to turn into a custom that is truly detrimental...
Let's say I did what you asked me to do.
Say I gave Nam In-tae an earful and got the warrant issued.
But soon after that, I find myself in a bind.
So I call you up and say, "Hey, can you sort this out for me?
Help me out here."
Then what will you do?
Will you help me out?
"Come on. I helped you out last time.
Do you know what I went through to sort that out for you?"
What if I keep asking for you to scratch my back like I did yours?
I can't do that, sir.
See? Don't worry about it then.
It's not even a big deal.
When you look at special treatments from a bureaucratic standpoint,
it's rather heinous.
But, in reality, it's natural.
If the prosecutorial process begins with a warrant,
the power should be exercised by the one that can prevent such misuse of authority.
Si-mok, I used to work there.
With the power to request warrants,
you will face pressure to prosecute or not prosecute certain cases.
How do the police plan to tackle it?
You're asking me to exercise my influence on them.
Do you have anything you want to say to Sungmoon Daily?
Is there anything you'd like to add?
I'll tell them on your behalf.
You've already attacked them.
I read your rebuttal article. Are you going at them again?
They published a series of insulting articles,
so once is certainly not enough.
Those bastards... Sungmoon, Hanjo, and Lee Sung-jae.
I'll be sure to take them down. You'd like that, right?
Hanjo HQ would be thrilled to hear that.
The second article will come out tomorrow.
Post a comment on it.
-Sir, my car's over there... -Go ahead.
-Goodbye, sir. -Bye.
CHIEF OF WESTERN DISTRICT PROSECUTORS' OFFICE
Ma'am, it's Dr. Cho Su-yeong.
Okay.
Hello, Doctor.
Sure.
-Hello. -Hello, ma'am.
I'm so sorry it took me a while to get back to you.
It took me some time to find the drug you had asked me to look into.
Was it hard to find?
Technically, the drug doesn't exist.
Can we meet?
It's a newly developed drug that hasn't been approved yet.
Its development was first announced back in 2014,
but it's still in its R&D phase,
so it was probably smuggled from the US.
It's used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
My guess is that Chairman Lee Yun-beom has developed PTSD
after being imprisoned for eight months.
But symptoms of PTSD can vary widely,
so I can't tell exactly what he's suffering from based on the drug alone.
If he had to smuggle a drug that hasn't even been named yet,
does this mean that he's in a lot of pain?
Yes, probably.
Knowing that,
how could he use his own father
and make it look as if he could return anytime?
Yes, ma'am.
Do you think he'd even let Father go to the hospital?
What if he doesn't let him leave the house so that he won't be seen?
Even if they have a good doctor visiting him,
it will be no better than being treated at a hospital.
What kind of a son would do that?
Why take the fall for him and even serve a sentence?
We need to find out if it's just a minor condition
or if it's actually affecting his mental capacity.
I believe that's our priority now.
He doesn't even want to see me,
so I can't ask him to tell me how serious his condition is.
We've verified what kinds of risks Mr. Lee is taking,
but whether we can use it at the general shareholders' meeting
depends on how serious the former chairman's condition is.
-The company intranet. -Yes, ma'am.
Post a notice about Lee Sung-jae's proposal there.
Write that he wishes to change the bylaw so that the CEO can't serve
as the chairperson of the board.
That Hanjo Motors wants to oust the head of Hanjo HQ
who makes the final call for the entire group.
Make it sound as if we are under attack.
Make sure it pops up the moment you connect to the intranet,
so that everyone who works for us can see it, even the factory staff.
It'll no longer be some family feud that doesn't affect the employees.
"A subsidiary is revolting against HQ.
Outside forces are interfering in our company's business."
Give it some impact.
But don't try to appeal to emotion.
-Describe the proposal -The new structure will
-and encourage employees -turn Hanjo
-to participate by voting online -into a subcontractor...
since the meeting will take place during regular work hours.
And at the bottom, create another section
where all employees can vote
either for or against the reappointment of the current CEO.
Hello, staff and workers of Hanjo.
If the proposal put forward by Hanjo Motors passes
the governance between Hanjo Motors and Hanjo HQ will change
and the new structure
will turn Hanjo into a subcontractor that manufactures motor vehicles.
NOTICE REGARDING HANJO MOTORS' PROPOSAL
So, we would like the opinions of our shareholding employees.
Since the meeting will take place
during regular work hours and most staff won't be able to vote,
we advise that you participate
and exercise your rights by voting online.
SHOULD CEO LEE YEON-JAE REMAIN AS THE CHAIRPERSON?
THANK YOU YOUR VOTE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
Make the vote anonymous.
Since they'll be logged in on the intranet,
they'll know what to do.
LEE YEON-JAE SHOULD REMAIN AS CEO
What are the owning shares at?
It's 3,14 percent.
That plus the shareholders on your side is still just around 38.
We don't have enough.
If you want to win, you'll need 67 percent of the shareholders at the meeting.
Sung-jae is the one who needs that 67 percent, not me.
He needs two-thirds of our shareholders to oust me.
If he manages to unite all the shareholders who support him,
then he'll have 41 percent.
So, the seven percent that the CEO of Sungmoon has will be crucial.
The decision will depend on who gets his vote.
The CEO of Sungmoon again?
I think...
Also, make the announcement that I'll recruit
former Direct Tax and National Tax Service employees.
Yes, ma'am.
THURSDAY MARCH 21
...have invited Won Tae-hun and Won Tae-jin to italy...
...despite being the vernal equinox...
...one lawyer was quoted as saying,
"The prosecution and police's debate over investigative authority
will never be resolved if they fail to reach an agreement this time."
The prosecution and the police
met earlier today to discuss this very issue.
On the phone, we have Prosecutor Woo Tae-ha
from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office who attended
the meeting that took place earlier today.
Hello, Prosecutor Woo.
Hello, I'm Woo Tae-ha from the Criminal Legislation Division.
The Council met for the first time today. How did the meeting go?
I think we're off to a very good start.
The fact that the prosecution and the police met is progress in itself.
Yes, absolutely. As they say, "Well begun is half done."
It's a good start indeed.
However, this is a sensitive issue for both organizations.
Were there any conflicts during the meeting?
It was our first meeting, and I believe conflicts
are unavoidable during the negotiation process,
so we at the prosecution did our best to listen to the police's requests first.
I see. Who attended the meeting today?
To tell you people representing the prosecution, aside from myself,
there's the expert member, Prosecutor Kim Sa-hyun.
And some of you may have heard of this prosecutor before.
Prosecutor Hwang Si-mok is also a member of this council.
The one who led the special investigation two years ago, right?
I remember hearing his name on the news again
when he recently filed a complaint regarding the Tongyeong drowning case.
Right. He also participated in the special investigation of the Prime Minister.
When it comes to impartiality and objectivity,
I don't think anyone's more suited for the job than he is.
So the star players of the prosecution
-have teamed up. -He's a star player? Good for him.
-Lucky you. -What did you talk about in the meeting?
ANYANG CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE
KNPA REQUEST FOR VISITATION INFORMATION
Okay, all good.
Here you go.
-Oh, thank you. -No problem.
INMATE VISITATION RECORDS
Do you know if anyone from the prosecution tried to contact Lee Dae-seong recently?
Do you see anything there?
That report contains all the records
from the day he arrived here up to yesterday,
so it should have everything.
Other than regular visits, did anyone from the prosecution come by personally?
Not that I know of.
I see. All right.
Oh, there he is.
That must be Lee Dae-seong.
Let's go.
MAIN HALLWAY EXIT
Where's that?
Why do you ask?
The inmate is with a visitor at the moment.
Only one visitor is allowed per day, so you won't be able to see him today
even after that visitor leaves.
Who's visiting him this early in the morning?
When he's done with that visitor,
let us in for a one-hour special visit.
He's a suspect in an unsolved case, okay?
All right. Please give me a moment. Let me ask.
We should have booked in advance.
But the morning slots are usually reserved for families.
Also, we were booked for a visit yesterday.
-Excuse me. -Step back, please.
Who are you?
Eyes forward. Forward!
I'm from the National Police Agency.
-Jeez. -Damn it.
What's going on? Are you here to investigate something?
All right, let's go. Move!
Let's go. You'll be late.
Wait!
Well...
Do you know an inmate by the name of Lee Dae-seong?
He used to be a cop.
I did hear that there's an inmate who used to be a police officer.
What's he like?
Do you know if he bullies any of his cellmates?
Have you heard such rumors by any chance?
Well, I'm not his cellmate,
and we don't address each other by our names.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, but do you mind giving us some privacy?
-Not at all. -Thank you.
Why are you sorry? I'm the one who asked out of the blue.
I showed up out of the blue and asked you a random question.
It's been a while
since I last saw someone from the outside.
When was the last time I saw you?
Three years ago?
Yes.
Have you been well?
Yes, you know.
Mr. Yoon, how have you...
So, are you doing alright?
Oh, I already asked you.
Yes, you did.
SENIOR INSPECTOR HAN YEO-JIN
You're a senior inspector now.
Oh, yes. Back then...
Never mind.
Congratulations.
I'm sorry.
Was it you, Lieutenant Han... I mean, Senior Inspector Han,
that sent me the package a while ago?
What package?
The long johns and stuff like that. Earlier this year.
No, it wasn't me. You don't know who sent it?
No, the sender's name wasn't on the package.
Maybe it's her.
You know, your ex-wife.
No, it's not her.
I see.
Hang in there, okay?
And look after your health.
You too.
Of course, you know me.
I'm sorry to interrupt.
Shall I cancel your visitation appointment?
What? No.
That appointment is supposed to be ending by now.
-I'll see you again. -Hold on.
-Wait... -Let's go.
You know where the room is, right? It's right by the complaints office.
Why didn't I think to ask if he needs anything? I'm such an idiot.
We're back, sir.
Ouch, it's hot!
I didn't know you were there. I didn't see you.
What do you mean?
You should've been more careful.
Are you blaming me for this?
Are you blind? How could you pour boiling water on someone?
-Sorry. -Look at all the water.
You're flooding the floor.
Come on, wipe it up.
It'll be your fault if someone slips.
LEE DAE-SEONG
2 HA 9
You already know everything.
Several officers were bullying a colleague.
It's not that hard to notice.
It's not like we tried to hide it.
So you did it openly?
Yes, we did that so Sergeant Song would become stronger and survive in this field.
You know what our work is like.
Did you try to share the bribes you received with Sergeant Song?
Were you pissed off because he refused
and tried to dig up dirt on you?
I guess you don't know what he was like.
I'd like to, but I can't
since he's not with us anymore.
Why are you
asking about someone who's "not with us anymore"?
Because the only member who didn't accept the bribes is dead.
He's not the only one.
Our captain didn't, either.
You're saying only the captain didn't know
what you guys were doing for several years.
Are you protecting your captain,
or are you implying that he's a clueless idiot?
Well, I admitted everything anyway.
We took five million won each month from 16 bars and clubs.
So the five of us, except the captain, could get one million each.
We received the money secretly
on days when we and the business owners were off.
So our captain couldn't have known.
If he found out, he would've stopped us for sure.
I came to talk to you first
before meeting anyone else.
I wanted to hear your story first.
You can tell me everything you didn't get to say then.
That's what I'm doing now.
You and Officer Kim Su-hang committed the same crime
and you both gave exactly the same statement.
But he got six months, and you got one year and eight months.
So why did you get over three times his sentence?
It was Dongducheon Police Station that led the investigation, right?
Officer Kim's uncle was the Chief there.
Doesn't that upset you?
You know, our station...
Okay, go on.
Our station's in Dongducheon.
That's why Dongducheon Station took the case.
Why are you protecting Captain Baek?
Did he threaten you?
Senior Inspector, I feel so bad for you.
How bad were your colleagues
for you to think that I was threatened by my own?
Did Captain Baek order you to bully Sergeant Song?
What else did he order you to do?
Well, I'm sure you would've witnessed a lot of terrible things
climbing to that position.
What else did he order besides keeping your mouth shut about him?
Our work is pretty tough and there are many temptations.
I understand, Senior Inspector.
The first one to find Sergeant Song's body...
You keep talking about "our work."
What do you mean?
You know what it's like.
Everyone only cares about the results when there are so many dos and don'ts.
We're told to offer good public service but our own work environment is crap.
And there are temptations everywhere.
To be honest, let's say we receive
a million won each month.
Then when we retire in 20 or 30 years,
we'd have hundreds of millions saved up.
But does anyone applaud us for refusing to accept it?
Do we get an award or what?
Police officers are people too.
They should offer us plenty of welfare so we won't get tempted.
Hey.
I wanted to go easy on you because you were a cop too,
but how dare you talk like that!
Hey!
You should at least be ashamed to be in jail.
Do you think this is a picnic? Is your brain full of crap?
Is this something to be proud of?
Stop trying to bring your hardworking colleagues into this
by blaming everything on the government.
Save your crap for someone else
and just keep rotting in here.
And stop giving other hardworking police officers a bad name.
That's just too bad.
Even if I want to rot in here, I'm getting out in two months.
You should've visited me earlier, when I had a long time left.
Don't be so sure of it.
If we find out you've done anything else,
I'll make sure you end up rotting in here again.
I'll be the first one to visit you then.
Come on.
This isn't right.
It shouldn't be a homicide.
You like red beans, right?
I should've eaten breakfast before coming.
MALE VISITING ROOM
Hey, sitting here with you like this
reminds me of the old days.
But we've never done this before.
What do you mean? You must be getting forgetful.
What will happen to you when the council's over?
I guess I'll return to my original post.
Who'll fill your present post?
Someone will come, I guess.
I heard rumors about the Supreme Prosecutors' Office hiring researchers.
Is that so?
You must've heard something.
I heard they're planning on hiring researchers
specializing in criminal investigation.
So you heard it too?
The Prosecutor General said it himself, so they'll hire a lot, right?
I heard they're even selecting candidates who trained overseas too.
But I don't know much about the requirements.
How did you get your position?
How?
I'm sure you didn't get here by sucking up to people.
How did you climb up that high?
Why don't you ask Chief Woo?
What does Chief Woo like?
Any hobbies? Golf?
Where does he usually play?
I don't know.
How come? You're in his team. Can't you be more sincere?
Oh, he seemed to like beef intestines.
What?
Is that good?
It's salty.
So where will you go after the council?
Wonju, I guess.
They send us all over the place.
They say prosecutors from the criminal division
will be picked to specialize in public safety,
but you can't keep working in the capital.
Right.
Why do you want to come to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office?
I worked in the western office, and now I'm working in Uijeongbu.
Where would I go next?
You'll be sent to a rural area
since they've banned us from working at the capital for too long.
You don't feel a tad bit sad even if you're sent far away,
do you?
No.
We get relocated every two years,
and it's not like I can take my kids with me every time.
So my wife and I...
I haven't even heard from her lately.
If I keep getting relocated like this,
I'll be away for at least seven or eight years.
Then how old would my kids be?
I'll be seeing them once in middle school and once in high school.
And I won't have enough time to visit them often.
And if I become an Assistant Chief, it'll be worse.
They relocate every year.
I studied my ass off, but I'm always packing and unpacking.
It's ridiculous.
Other people might think we're all that, but--
It's necessary to stop us from colluding with people in the region.
Do you think relocations can stop everything?
People can do that anywhere.
Why do I want to go there?
Why do people want good positions?
I think this system
is making even those who are not interested forcibly climb the ladder.
The fact that they're prosecutors
only means that they wanted to have good careers.
When people like that are constantly relocated,
how can they not want to climb to a higher position.
Jeez.
Why is it taking so long?
I'm guessing it's another special visitation.
You don't think Captain Baek is here, do you?
What if he's here to warn him about us visiting?
It must be over.
What? He refused our visitation.
Was it really Captain Baek?
Is it a coincidence? Yongsan Station has nothing to do with this.
She's not working there anymore.
How was the visit?
You must be satisfied.
I came here for nothing, though.
You see, a certain police officer came earlier today
and visited the prisoner I was planning to see.
I see.
You told him to refuse visitation from the prosecution, right?
Lee Dae-seong just refused our visitation.
What could have happened?
What could have he been told for him to refuse our visit?
Seeing as you're here,
you probably already heard why I summoned Captain Baek.
This was obviously my next stop, so you beat us to it.
Right?
I heard about the Uijeongbu office,
but I didn't know the Supreme Prosecutors' Office was involved.
No, you're mistaken.
Him?
He's just my assistant.
You can't summon him officially, right?
Why else would you two
come all the way here yourselves when you can just summon him?
It's not that far.
Summoning an officer
who's working within your jurisdiction isn't a big deal,
but summoning a prisoner currently serving a sentence is something else.
So the prosecution
only has assumptions
and nothing concrete yet.
Do you really think so?
We might want different results,
but it's our duty to get to the truth.
Why don't we share what we know?
What do you know? You go first.
Do you even know anything?
-Bye, then. -Wait!
Captain Baek accepted the bribes too.
-How are you sure of that? -I checked with a business owner myself.
But all six members of the team have said that their captain was innocent
and that he wasn't involved.
Do you think they're doing this out of loyalty?
They were scared.
Just what could their captain have done?
How was the visit?
What did Lee Dae-seong say?
He was quite talkative.
But all he did was try to justify himself and blame others.
Hang on.
Hello? Oh, I'm still in Anyang.
Oh, really?
Hey, stop her! She's getting away!
Hey!
That's not fair. I gave her something!
Was that even a real phone call? Maybe she just set an alarm.
I think that was the Chief.
What Chief?
Are you heading out now?
Go to Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency immediately.
The senior assisting officer in Intelligence Division One
will give you a file if you tell him I sent you.
Grab that file and bring it to the address I send you.
And don't open it.
Just bring it, all right?
We should save that for emergencies.
No, it's time we used it.
That idiot.
How dare he sue me?
And don't open it.
Just bring it, all right?
Han Yeo-jin is with the Intelligence Bureau?
Well, I guess we could say that.
Why didn't you tell me sooner?
I should have gotten more out of her.
Hey, what are you going to do?
What do you mean?
Chief Woo told you not to get caught.
But we ran right into the Intelligence Bureau.
Do you really think Chief Woo wouldn't have known
that the police would find out?
You really are his star player, aren't you?
At first I thought
he wanted us to compete against each other.
Well, he did sound like that.
Yes, Senior Inspector.
What?
Alright.
Was that her? What did she say?
She asked why you chose this place as your next stop.
-What does that mean? -That's it.
And that she didn't run away.
Hey.
Well...
You should put in a word about me to Chief Woo.
I already do.
-Really? -I'll report what we did today too.
Jeez.
You haven't been to the eastern office since you've arrived here, right?
We should go see the Chief Prosecutor.
We should get together sometime.
Yes, Chief.
-Are you in Anyang? -Yes.
Come to the National Assembly building.
You mean Yeouido?
It'll take some time, though.
Me too. I'll see you at the Members' Office Building.
Yes, sir.
...the prosecution has cleared him
of the hiring scandal.
The assemblyman Nam Jae-ik
was accused of pressuring financial companies to hire his son.
But the prosecution...
ASSEMBLYMAN NAM JAE-IK CLEARED OF SUSPICION IN THE HIRING SCANDAL
Yes, Assistant Chief Kim.
You said you have a meeting all day.
I'll do it. Yes, I'm with Prosecutor Hwang now.
All right.
There's an assemblyman named Nam Jae-ik in there.
I just read the article about him.
He was cleared of suspicion.
He just sued the director of the Police Investigation Bureau.
The Director from the council?
Yes.
There were rumors that his son was illegally hired at a bank.
The Director investigated it himself
and concluded that he was guilty, so he forwarded the case.
That was a year and a half ago.
And he was cleared of suspicion today.
And why did Assemblyman Nam sue the director?
He says the director targeted him specifically
when there wasn't any evidence, and that it was political slander.
Isn't Assemblyman Nam
the chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee?
That's why he says he was targeted.
Even if the new bill gives the police more investigative rights,
the Legislation and Judiciary Committee could just reject it.
And since he's a former prosecutor,
the police don't want him as the chairman.
He claims that the director targeted him to remove him from his position.
You get the idea, right?
So, the Investigation Bureau investigated whether an assemblyman's son
was illegally hired,
and he was cleared of suspicion today.
And the assemblyman sued the director,
saying he was targeted on purpose.
Yes, that's it.
But why am I here?
We're going to go to Assemblyman Nam,
and I'm going to humor him.
I'll try to calm him down and convince him to drop the charges.
And if he doesn't listen to me,
you'll wait until I signal you, and then recite
the Criminal Code Article 123.
Abuse of Authority?
Shouldn't we tell him the opposite?
That's what I mean. We're going to say, "Hey..."
We should be a bit more formal. Tell him,
"You want to sue the director for abusing his authority,
but even if he was targeting you..."
"But even if you say he was targeting you,
you're still the chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee.
You of all people should know
how hard it is to prove if someone has abused their authority.
Suing him won't get you anything."
Tell that to him clearly.
And also remind him that his term isn't a long one,
so suing the Investigation Bureau director could just make him lose his post.
Suing the Director would make the police investigate even more thoroughly
to prove it wasn't just a scheme.
Shouldn't I ask if he'll be okay with them revealing the truth?
Just do as I say.
Yes, sir.
ASSEMBLYMAN NAM JAE-IK
Assemblyman Nam's here, right?
I'm sorry, sir, but you can't meet him right now.
I'll tell him you were here.
It'll only take a minute.
Yes. Yes, sir.
You may go in now.
-We'll join her... -Sir.
It's Woo Tae-ha, sir!
Don't let him in!
You know Ms. Han, right? You've worked with her before.
You know her well, right?
-Yes. -I'm certain she's not here on her own.
Whether it's for the director or Choi Bit, she brought something.
That envelope she was holding. Find out what it is.
You have to find out what it is. Got that?
It all began with the rumors within the Bundang bank
about new employees who were hired
when they didn't even pass the screening.
The Gyeonggi Nambu police initiated the investigation,
and the ones who bribed the bank and the staff who received them
were forwarded to the Seongnam Branch where Prosecutor Ryu was.
Yes, they were indicted and are on appeal now.
One of the new employees was Assemblyman Nam's son.
And rumors spread that he was the key figure
and that the others were just small fish.
So they started investigating Assemblyman Nam as well.
The problem is that people were saying the Nambu police couldn't be trusted.
They would've found out about Assemblyman Nam's son during the investigation
but they left out that part on purpose.
So the Investigation Bureau
investigated the case instead of the Nambu police.
And Prosecutor Ryu was put in charge again.
So what was the police's conclusion?
Guilty.
But according to Prosecutor Ryu,
their investigation was a bit lacking to prove that he was guilty.
That sounds like something we'd tell the reporters.
Is that an announcement or what?
Back then, Assemblyman Nam
was a secretary of the Budget and Account Committee.
The son of the Budget and Account Committee's secretary
is hired at a bank even though he didn't even pass the screening.
And this is supposed to be a groundless rumor?
Prosecutor Ryu received phone calls from a lot of people.
Even from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
-Damn it. -They just expressed concerns at first,
but in the end, they all told him to keep quiet.
When was that?
Last July.
Anyway, Prosecutor Ryu's point is
that he was transferred to our office while investigating Assemblyman Nam,
and that it was his replacement who cleared him of suspicion,
so however the assemblyman and the police react to it,
he can guarantee
that it won't cause any trouble for our office.
And I've already told Prosecutor Ryu not to talk about
receiving calls from anyone regarding the case.
What would the kids learn from seniors like that?
Those who made those calls? Or me who told him to keep his mouth shut?
The Supreme Prosecutors' Office, last July...
It was Woo Tae-ha.
Assemblyman Nam was in the 17th class at the institute. Could it have been Woo?
That's too many years apart.
Why would they have told him to keep quiet?
They had to cover it up, so his son could get the job
and the father could become the committee chairman.
He's more useful to the Supreme Office that way.
It has nothing to do with our office. Period.
DOCUMENTS FOR APPROVAL
Put this over there.
She's coming!
There are 3,400 intelligence police officers in this small country.
And intel they gather every day
all goes to Choi Bit.
Even the intel regarding surveillance
and national security.
I'm pretty sure it's not the director in that room right now.
If it were me, I wouldn't come here to meet a man who is suing me.
Choi Bit must've ordered Han Yeo-jin to bring something for her.
It must be dirt on Nam Jae-ik.
Something they could use as leverage.
Whatever it is,
find out.
The committee chairman can't fall into the hands of the police.
Even if we let the police have their way at the council
because of public opinion,
the committee can stop the proposal from reaching the National Assembly.
There are various ways a bill can be submitted to the Assembly.
But the only way it can be passed
is to vote yes or no.
Here, there are 48 assembly members who passed the bar exam.
And 7 who used to be the police.
Why else would Kim Sa-hyun have lunch here every day?
How much did you cover up?
You should go out and meet reporters.
You should be telling everyone
that a police representative who joined the council,
a director of a bureau, got sued for unjust investigation.
Shouldn't you encourage the assemblyman to sue him, not stop him?
Be quiet.
You said the investigative rights is our territory,
and that we have full control over it.
If the director is sued, the council will be postponed.
Then this turf war will die down, won't it?
Or it could be stopped altogether.
A new investigation could be launched with the lawsuit,
revealing that the chief of the prosecution at the council
covered for a corrupt assemblyman.
As dishonorable as it may be,
it will put an end to the council.
Hey!
You were directly involved in covering up Assemblyman Nam's corruption.
That's why you had to run here yourself,
while the director who was sued didn't.
No, it's not.
The police have chosen to threaten
the committee chairman to use him.
I guess the prosecution already chose to gain his favor a long time ago.
PROSECUTOR SEO DONG-JAE
Damn it.
She's empty-handed.
Connections are a part of your skill.
Use it.
You peeked inside the envelope, right?
No.
But why aren't you asking any questions?
I'll tell you later.
Using him like that could cause trouble.
You have to use him wisely.
We demand that Hanjo...
Let's welcome my father with them.
I may even have to view some reports that predate these.
What is it that you're looking for?
Why do you have to keep being so stubborn and bother those around you?
Han Yeo-jin can't beat us to it again.
Just wait and see who finds him first.
She would be betraying her boss and leaking police intel.
What intel could someone like him get from the police?
Are you going to blow the whistle? What then?
Is that why you left the Violent Crimes Division?
Subtitle translation by Liya Choi