Police Secure CCTV Footage from Second Son of Kim Byung-kee’s Residence, Track Whereabouts of Personal Safe

According to Financial News, in the course of tracking the whereabouts of a personal safe belonging to Kim Byung-kee, who faces various corruption allegations, police have obtained closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the residence of his second son.
On the 16th, the Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) obtained CCTV footage from common areas such as elevators at the management office of the residence of Kim’s second son, located in Daebang-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul. Police are reported to be backing up and analyzing footage from roughly the past two to three weeks.
Since the previous day, police have been visiting the son’s residence to review elevator CCTV and other footage, and they are said to have secured the recordings to check whether there is any visual evidence showing the safe being moved to another location. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Mobile Unit were reportedly deployed in the process.
Earlier, on the 14th, police carried out search and seizure operations at six locations, including Rep. Kim’s home, his office in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, his constituency office, and his second son’s residence. However, they reportedly failed to locate the specific personal safe identified in statements from former aides. Police have obtained testimony indicating that Kim and his wife had been keeping cash and important documents in a personal safe.
During the search and seizure, a different safe from the one under pursuit was discovered and opened, according to reports. No cash or other items directly related to the alleged offenses were found inside; only some documents were recovered. This safe is said to be different from the approximately one-meter-by-one-meter safe that police have been tracking based on statements from former aides.
Police have not ruled out the possibility that key physical evidence related to alleged violations of the Political Funds Act is stored in the safe they are pursuing, and they continue to track its whereabouts through both CCTV analysis and field inquiries.
Meanwhile, Rep. Kim is under police investigation over a total of 12 allegations, including the nomination bribe suspicion, the receipt of airline hotel vouchers and demands for protocol services, suspicions of expensive meals related to Coupang, and issues involving his aides.
425_sama@fnnews.com Choi Seung-han Reporter