Chief of Staff (보좌관 – 세상을 움직이는 사람들)

Give me the information about the bribes

you and Mr. Song have handed out to politicians under Mr. Sung's orders.

I'm the only person who can help you right now.

How can I trust you?

How about we make a deal?

I can give you one thing you want.

That chief of staff who died...

He was a friend of yours, wasn't he?

Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office.

ARREST WARRANT

Save me first.

Then I'll tell you who killed Go Seok-man.

Who was it? Who killed him? What are you talking about?

-Lee Chang-jin! -We're taking him.

-Who was it? -The chief ordered him

-to be arrested immediately. -Let go!

Lee Chang-jin!

Let go of me!

What are you talking about?

If it wasn't Lee Chang-jin...

It must've been either Minister Song or Chairman Sung.

Mr. Jang.

Lee Chang-jin, CEO of Joojin Chemical, who had been arrested

on suspicion of offshore tax evasion jumped to his death

during an investigation at Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office.

The prosecution had been requested to investigate into Lee's allegations

of tax evasion in the Philippines by the National Tax Service.

Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office arrested Lee immediately

considering the scale of the crime

and the possibility of tampering with evidence.

The Ministry of Justice announced that it'd find out

if any coercive or inappropriate measures were taken during the investigation.

Even if it turns out there was no insult or harsh treatment

during the investigation,

the prosecution is likely to face criticism

about repeated suspect suicides.

Another problem is, following the suspect's death, the case might be

-What is going on? -terminated without the truth of the case

-I know. -ever coming to light.

This is crazy.

Ms. Yun, what is going to happen now?

If a suspect dies during an investigation...

The investigation and indictment on

all the cases Lee Chang-jin is involved in will be suspended.

And the investigation on Joojin Chemical

will be stopped where it is now.

It's a wrongful death.

How are we supposed to go on living?

I'm taking medication, but it's not working.

It's so itchy that I can't even sleep.

There's not much we can do.

All we can do is disinfect the crops.

Why are you buying all the land?

-Did you hide the leak on purpose? -Have you...

Their sad cries and tears are buried under a death.

It's a world where only lies lurk beneath the hidden truth.

Tragedy continues without a stop.

EPISODE 7 SCAPEGOAT

What happened?

The suspect wanted to go to the restroom.

Who was with him?

Third Deputy Chief was with him.

Third Deputy Chief?

Assemblyman Jang, Youngil Group's Chairman Sung,

and Minister Song will be among those you investigate.

But there is no clear suspicion of wrongdoing on their part.

If we look into them,

we could be criticized for being reckless with our authority.

Especially Minister Song--

No one is above the law.

Anyone who violates it

must be punished.

Third Deputy Chief is not answering the phone.

Mr. Lee.

It wasn't easy for us to bring you around.

You must be having a hard time.

CAM2

It stopped recording after this.

-What about Minister Song? -He just left the office.

Chief Choe, Mr. Song wishes to see you.

Tell him I'll come over soon.

Well, he's in your office right now.

CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

Hand Lee Chang-jin over to Western Prosecutors' Office.

I'm sorry, but I intend to investigate him here.

Are you saying you'd go against the Minister of Justice?

Restrict the access of journalists and send the body to the NFS.

Are you conducting an autopsy?

A suspect died under investigation.

We have to determine his cause of death.

Get his family's consent on the autopsy and get on with it. Now!

Yes, sir.

CHAIRMAN SUNG

What have we been doing?

All that for nothing.

Mr. Lee.

What do we do about the news release about Mr. Lee Chang-jin?

Why do you even ask?

Who'd take it in a situation like this?

What did the assemblymen say? Are they having a meeting?

No.

You all can go home now.

I'll get going then.

See you.

Bye.

Aren't you going home, Da-jeong?

I need to finish this first.

Bye.

Is there really nothing we can do?

What about the victims?

They've trusted and followed us so far.

We won't give up just like this.

We have to show them.

That we are still fighting without giving up.

We still have a chance.

A chance? You said that Mr. Lee's death will close down all his cases...

That's true. But it doesn't mean

the slush fund of Minister Song and Chairman Song is gone.

If the string to Lee Chang-jin is cut, we can find another string.

This is Minister Song's property statement submitted for the hearing.

All his family and relatives including himself

were clean.

Who do you think has been managing the money?

If it's not his family or relatives, there must be only one.

-Someone closest to him. -Mr. Oh Won-sik.

What about Oh's property statement?

There was nothing suspicious about his declared property.

We will get his travel history and detailed tax data

from the National Tax Service tomorrow.

It's Minister Song who's more anxious than we are right now.

The more he tries to hide the truth, the more intimidating a weapon it becomes.

It's still worth trying.

My sweet Seung-a,

Well...

Tae-sik's family is coming too?

No, Seung-a. I told you not to use Korean even when you talk to me.

Do you know how much money I spent to send you there?

Seung-a, okay?

Hey, honey. You can't just buy anything.

Buy only what you need.

I'm not telling you to cut down on everything.

Why can't you understand what I say?

Okay. I should get going now.

I'll be there when I have some time.

Why would you ask me that?

-What about Chairman Sung? -He's just arrived.

Something happened at the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office?

Did you not hear about Mr. Lee Chang-jin?

What?

LEE CHANG-JIN, CEO OF JOOJIN CHEMICAL, COMMITS SUICIDE UNDER INVESTIGATION

Here.

I guess they were expecting three people.

Those who are supposed to leave

must leave.

I'll see to it that a company

is taken to the grave with Mr. Lee.

You don't have to worry.

Yes, sir.

That's enough about Mr. Lee. Are you sure

the National Assembly won't make a big deal out of it?

I'm talking about Jang Tae-jun.

We have to make sure the fire is completely out.

A fire might break out in ashes that went out three years ago.

Please don't worry.

I'll make sure Tae-jun is taken to Mr. Lee's grave as well.

Mr. Go's case was closed as suicide.

I know. I heard.

Tae-jun.

Are you connected to this case?

If I tell you I'm not, will you believe me?

No, I won't.

-Seon-yeong. -If you are

connected to this case in any way,

I can never forgive you.

I'm sorry I doubted you.

I don't deserve an apology from you.

About Seok-man's case.

It's my fault that I didn't stop it.

I'm the one to blame.

Chief Choe, do you admit there was a problem supervising the suspect?

What was the situation like?

With the case where Lee Chang-jin, CEO of Joojin Chemical,

committed suicide during the prosecution's investigation,

there have been calls to hold Chief Choe Gyeong-cheol responsible.

Chief Choe offered an apology

for not managing a suspect properly.

He also promised to investigate the details of the case thoroughly

-not to leave any doubt, -This is the data about Mr. Oh.

but it seems hard to evade the responsibility.

I'll share it with Assemblywoman Kang.

Okay.

And new personnel appointments were just announced in the prosecution.

Third Deputy Chief and Seo Hyeong-cheol of Western Prosecutors' Office were moved

to the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

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Do we have the autopsy results?

Why? What's wrong?

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office is stopping the autopsy.