[ Characters, organizations, incidents, and situations in this drama are fictitious ]
[ Episode 12 ]
Detective Jang!
Is this the last one?
Help me a bit.
[ Bright Future, Part 2 ]
Defendant Choi Chul Soo kidnapped seven teenage girls,
sexually assaulted and brutally murdered them.
He did not hesitate to be inhumane
by mutilating the bodies to cover up his crime.
He also did not admit to his crimes to the victim Lee Hye Sun
and did not disclose the location of the body.
He's only admitting to certain parts of the crime
and is mocking the victim's family.
Considering the brutal crimes the defendant committed and
his attitude that shows no regret,
I demand that the defendant be sentenced with the maximum sentence,
capital punishment.
- He deserves it. - I'm glad.
Defense.
Present your closing statement.
The standard of a society
is determined by how they protect the rights of someone
who is at the lowest position of the society,
or someone who is being criticized the most.
The defendant had a painful childhood that no one knew about
and he's been in pain due to the mental illness caused by it.
It's true that...
the Defendant committed unforgivable and brutal crimes.
But rather than punishing him with death,
we should make sure such crime doesn’t happen again as a society
and give him a chance to redeem himself for the rest of his life.
I believe that is appropriate to the spirit of the law.
- What's he saying? - That makes so sense.
- No way... - What chance?
That's total nonsense.
No way.
[ Day 3 of the ex officio investigation ]
[ Listen to the voicemail ]
Here's the voicemail.
I'm sorry that I lied.
I didn't mean to.
Can I sleep over at your place today?
I'll just sleep and leave quietly.
I know you're angry at me,
but I really have nowhere to go.
I beg you.
The phone is turned off...
Who is it?
How are you, ma'am?
You're Mi Rae's mother, correct?
I don't know anything.
Go to that Evergreen place.
Is Mi Rae not home?
Did she do something again?
Well, we're from the Human Rights Commission.
We heard Mi Rae didn't show up to classes
and didn't come back to the facility either.
She stopped by last night, caused trouble, and left.
What time was that?
Maybe it was around midnight.
I'm not really sure.
Your daughter went missing. Aren't you worried?
Aren't you even worried?
Just wait if you want to find her.
She'll come back when she runs out of money.
We can't reach your daughter, and something might've happened to her. But...
- just wait? - What do you want me to do then?
They're the ones who lost her. Why are you bothering me?
Don't you think you're irresponsible?
Excuse me.
You think I don't worry like you?
Don't talk to me like that without being in my shoes.
You have no idea what it's like to mother a teenage girl. And what?
- Irresponsible? - Hey, hey, please calm down.
We came because we were worried about Mi Rae.
If you hear from Mi Rae by chance, please let us know.
Choi Chul Soo, charged for kidnapping, sexually assaulting,
and murdering seven girls,
the prosecution asked for capital punishment, the maximum sentence by the court.
For not just murdering,
but also destroying the bodies to cover up the crime…
You seem different than usual.
When you met Mi Rae's mom too.
Don't you think you're a bit emotional?
Mi Rae called me last night, but I couldn't answer.
I checked the voicemail today, and she said she has nowhere to go
and asked me to let her sleepover for the night.
If only I answered the phone last night...
Aigoo, there's no need to blame yourself.
It looks like she argued with her mom and didn't want to go to school.
She must be with a friend somewhere.
She had left home and come back many times before.
Do those children...
even have homes?
Do you think something happened to her?
Did you call the police at least?
They stopped by just now.
I'm talking about Mi Rae's disappearance.
I reported her for trespassing.
Trespassing?
After 10 o'clock,
no one's allowed to go in and out.
She must've tried to break-in since she had nowhere to go.
We don't know if it was a burglar or Mi Rae who broke into the dorm.
If Mi Rae contacted the guidance teacher,
she would've let her in.
I have to consider other kids' safety as well.
Don't judge as an outsider based on how it looks.
We have our own rules here.
Even if it's a rule,
kicking out a teenage girl out on the street at night is
just wrong, don't you think?
Most of the children here were abandoned by their parents.
They're irresponsible parents.
And they were raised by them.
Of course, the children are irresponsible as well.
I need to teach them how to be responsible.
The rules are a promise between the facility and the students.
And keeping a promise takes responsibility.
By keeping that promise,
I'm teaching them how to be responsible.
If she can neither come here nor go home,
where is she supposed to go?
To another facility? Or to the police?
I'm sure she knows that it'd be the same wherever she goes.
She'd never go to the police.
How are you so sure?
The kids never want to get involved with the police.
They hate being taken care of by the system, and they're afraid of it.
Why is that?
Because the system is broken.
Yes.
[ Eun Sol ]
[ Yoon Chae, Eun Sol ]
What did you say?
A lot of things are missing right now.
I didn't get to check everything that's missing,
but I think some drugs and an insulin injector are missing too.
Insulin?
Yes, there's a child with diabetes here.
We get prescribed insulin.
Does Mi Rae have diabetes?
No, she doesn't, but...
- I'll go to the police station first. - Okay.
You still don't think she just ran away?
Do you feel relieved? Children are going missing.
They keep saying they're going missing,
but Mi Rae just ran away!
Why did you put away Mi Rae's photo?
I noticed that Mi Rae's photo disappeared from your office.
Didn't you know?
What is it that appealed to you so much?
What's the reason you do this by
devoting your whole life?
I already told you.
As long as I can care for and protect the children
who are abandoned and neglected...
The culprit must've thought so too.
I'm talking about Choi Chul Soo, the serial killer.
He chose only teenage girls with nowhere to go.
They're easy to approach and control.
Young girls no one's looking for.
What are you trying to say? That's enough!
Is that why So Yeon cut her wrist?
Did you tattoo her to cover that?
Did you send her to the psych ward because she still wouldn't listen?
- Inspector! - What did you do with Mi Rae?
- Did Mi Rae... - You're crazy!
How dare you! In my facility!
This isn't your facility.
It belongs to children!
They're are going missing.
I'll find out what's going on!
Talk to me outside.
Geez...
What is it now?
What's your daughter's blood type?
Was it type A?
We found blood in the facility.
It was on the windowsill in her dorm room.
Nothing happened to her.
She was misbehaving and being rude.
So I said a few words and she left.
Mi Rae knows the passcode for the apartment, right?
She doesn't?
How could she not know?
She stole money last time she was here!
It was for my rent.
By the way, what does HRC do and
why are you treating me like a criminal?
Unbelievable. Please leave!
I saw your photo...
in the director's office.
So? What are you trying to say?
"How could you send your daughter there when you came from there?"
Is that it? What's wrong with that place?
It's up to me whether I raise my daughter there or here.
Are you her mom or something? I'm her mom!
- You're... - Yes, I know! I know!
That's why I sent her there!
Because I'm not qualified!
Yes.
You know the blood on the windowsill?
It doesn't match Mi Rae's blood type.
Pardon?
Whose is it then...
Ah Reum.
Ah Reum!
- Get up. - What?
Your clothes?
[ My Darling ]
[ Call rejected ]
Come here.
Hurry up.
Come here. You shouldn't be here.
No, I'm scared.
This is the reservoir where Choi Chul Soo discarded the bodies.
This place is only 500 meters away
from the villa where he committed the murders.
Six bodies of teenage girls were found at this place.
The culprit, Choi Chul Soo, dismembered the bodies
and preserved them in formaldehyde.
Since Choi was a veterinarian, it's presumed that
he was able to acquire the drugs easily.
Some bodies were
preserved for a few months and some for several years.
Thus, it was difficult to identify the bodies.
Some bodies were
preserved for a few months and some for several years.
Thus, it was difficult to identify the bodies.
From a victim who is assumed to be in the late teens,
they found a trace of her being from a welfare facility.
The police are investigating
the welfare facilities around that area.
Where is it?
He targeted the victims no one's looking for
and brutally murdered them.
From the first trial, the prosecution...
Gosh, where is it?
Is that you, Mi Rae?
Director.
There you are.
According to the nurse,
a girl named Ah Reum has diabetes
and she needs insulin injection.
With the facility in disarray over Mi Rae yesterday,
she noticed later that the child was missing.
I wonder what she was thinking.
Why do you think Mi Rae took the child with her?
What did the police say?
The police don't investigate if someone just ran away.
For the police to investigate this case,
they need to consider this as a kidnap.
But that's hard to say as well.
She should be fine, right?
I heard you had an argument.
I'm sure she'll come back soon.
An inspector visited me twice already.
By chance, nothing happened to Mi Rae, right?
She just ran away temporarily.
Let me take care of it.
You don't have to worry.
I heard you're struggling these days.
When Mi Rae comes back,
make her feel better and buy her some good food.
Thank you.
Don't argue with her again when she comes back.
And call me immediately.
Is the bathroom over there?
Hello.
I want to pay for the bill on this phone.
It's 010...
I don't think we have anything to do here for now.
Let's go back to the office and see how it goes.
[ Mom's phone ]
The phone is turned off. You'll be connected to the voicemail.
[ Han Yoon Seo unni from HRC ]
Mi Rae.
He had my daughter's phone!
Why did he...
Hello?
This is Mi Rae's mom.
Is Mi Rae back?
No, it's not that.
The director came to my place
and asked me to call him if Mi Rae contacts me.
But he had her phone in his jacket pocket!
The director had Mi Rae's phone?
She can't live a second without her phone.
Why did he have her phone...
He didn't do anything to my daughter, did he?
She won't pick up when I call her on my phone either.
Why does she have your phone?
She left with my phone.
To use it if her service got cut off.
She did that a few times before.
Please find my daughter!
Please!
Go to the police first and explain the situation.
Come on, you can't do this!
- Where's the director? - We don't know either.
You can't barge in here like this!
If the director had Mi Rae,
he wouldn't have visited her mom to find her.
He's looking for Mi Rae too.
[ Ah Reum ]
[ Mi Rae ]
[ Ah Reum ]
Unni.
Don't call me that. I can't be responsible for you.
I got you out because you'd be screwed if you stayed.
What should I call you then?
Just call me that.
Instead, don't whine.
What's whining?
Never mind.
You don't want me to say anything?
What?
Are you hungry?
You should've said so if you were hungry.
You should tell me stuff like that.
From now on, say what you want to do and what you don't want to do.
You have to live like that even if I'm not around.
Don't hold it in like a fool, okay?
Okay.
- Is it expensive? - Yes.
It's 600 won.
What did you say happened at Evergreen?
My daughter went missing,
but the Director had my daughter's phone...
Are you sure he didn't confiscate it from her?
Pardon?
The bigger problem is that a girl named Ah Reum went missing.
We need to figure out if your daughter was involved to start investigating.
Also, I'll check with the director regarding the phone.
Yes, Director.
Excuse me.
So Yeon visited me a few months ago.
She hasn't had her period in a while.
That sometimes happens when they're on a diet.
So I thought she'd be okay.
But she discharged blood in the pool recently.
I didn't know back then.
Here.
I asked the kids who were close to So Yeon.
Her distant relative runs a hair salon outside of Seoul.
I guess she said she'd get trained when she leaves this place.
Thank you.
You said earlier that this place belongs to the children.
That the children are the owners.
I should've protected her.
But I feel so bad that I couldn't.
If Seo Yeon was sexually assaulted
and ran away while she was pregnant,
it might be related to Mi Rae's disappearance.
Yes, let's find the girl named So Yeon first.
This kind of place exists too.
The place you went to before is...
Never mind.
- Do you like it better here? - Yes.
Are we going to play here?
Thinking about the money I spent coming here...
Turn around.
- You want to go and play, right? - Yes.
Go inside there and
say you lost your mom and want to look for her inside.
How about you?
You're coming with me, right?
No.
- Go alone. - I don't want to!
Come with me.
No, I can barely manage myself.
Go in front over there, count to 100, and go in.
Don't say anything if they ask who brought you here.
Be sure to tell them you're sick and you need a shot.
I'm not going!
- I told you to listen to me. - No!
I'm not going!
I said I'm not going!
This is for your own good!
Just shut up and listen to me.
No!
You told me to say no if I don't want to!
It's my fault.
I won't bother you anymore.
Don't leave me!
Are you leaving me because I'm a loser?
It's my fault.
I won't ever do it again.
You didn't do anything wrong.
Stop making me feel bad!
Unni!
Don't go!
Unni! Don't go!
Don't go...
[Viki Ver] OCN E12 'The Running Mates: Human Rights' -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
I think it's closed.
Excuse me.
By chance, is the hair salon next door
out of business?
The whole family ran to the hospital.
How could they run a business?
The hospital?
Maybe it's her niece.
Her relative gave birth in the bathroom at the terminal
and got sent to the hospital.
Does she know as well?
I'll give you ten minutes. She needs to rest.
Yes, got it.
He told me to
stay at the hospital for a while
just until I give birth.
Because people can't find out.
But it was a lie.
He wanted me to get surgery.
My baby...
From that point on,
I started hiding away.
Why didn't you say anything?
I did.
I told the teacher, but
I felt like I did something wrong.
The director told me...
that it won't be good for me, the baby,
nor the facility.
If people find out and stop sponsoring them,
the other kids would suffer.
All I want is...
to be with my baby...
Is that why you ran away?
Because they might take the baby away?
I never...
had anything to myself.
The shared bed,
shared table,
and shared clothes.
But the baby is mine.
He's completely mine.
No one can take him away from me.
We're not here to take him away.
We're here to help you.
After all this time?
Where is the baby then? Why can't I see him?
He didn't get sent away, right?
Where is he? Let me see him.
So Yeon.
Where is he?
Where did you hide him?
It's a lie.
- No... - So Yeon.
Where is he?
My baby!
Let's meet up.
I know what you did to So Yeon.
Actually, I want to ask you something.
Mi Rae disappeared.
We're looking for her.
Before the director does something...
What do you mean?
The director?
I mean the one...
who did the bad thing to you.
It wasn't...
the director.
What?
How are you feeling?
It's a present.
Thank you.
- Get in! - Don't even try.
So Yeon told me all about what you did.
Should I post the texts you exchanged on the internet?
I need to check the texts so I could pay you.
- Ah Reum, get in! - Don't even lay a finger on her.
Don't look at her either.
- Give me your phone. - Give me the money first.
Stop the car.
I said, stop the car!
Open the door.
Open the door!
Unni.
I'm scared.
I'm so scared...
I called the psych ward.
He left suddenly canceling all the appointments.
When was that?
About an hour ago.
Okay.
You knew everything, right?
What do you mean?
About So Yeon's pregnancy.
The girls here hang out with boys
and get pregnant all the time.
We already know what Dr. Kim did to So Yeon.
You knew all about it, right?
But you continued to allow him to see the kids
and covered things up when there was a problem. We already know.
You must've heard a strange rumor somewhere.
You can't believe the rumors the kids made up.
Dr. Kim has been doing so many good things for the kids.
Good things?
You can't ignore the efforts Dr. Kim made for the facility
and to protect us from the local society.
Don't you agree?
These people are outsiders.
They'd just come and go,
but we're the ones who take care of the children!
Did you think about what would happen to all these kids without us?
Would you come here every day and protect our children?
Answer me!
Manager!
What are you doing? Send them away right now!
What are you all doing?
Send them away right now!
Seriously!
I didn't abuse the children.
I didn't lay a finger on them!
I don't know what happened to So Yeon.
I didn't do anything!
Trying not to find out and not doing anything.
That's the worst kind of...
abuse.
[ Evergreen ]
Guys, guys, guys!
By chance, have you seen Mi Rae?
I heard she comes here often.
She goes to the girls' high school across the street.
Does anyone go to the same school?
I'm not a weirdo.
I'm Mi Rae's mom.
Are you really Mi Rae's mom?
She said she doesn't have a mom.
Well, the thing is...
Have you seen Mi Rae?
- Yes. - When?
I just saw her around here earlier.
Did they see who was in the car?
No.
She thinks she saw a man in the car,
but she couldn't see his face.
She said it looked like a black Janis.
A black Janis?
Right, that Dr. Kim's car is...
a Janis!
Okay, we'll head to the central police station. Yes.
Unni, I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Just wait a bit.
Stop the car.
She says she's sick!
Stop the car.
- Stop the car! - Geez!
Right there! Right there!
Blood!
Please open the trunk.
I think he abandoned his car in a hurry
and went somewhere.
Let's split up and look for them.
Hello.
- Welcome. - Hello.
- By chance... - Yes.
did two girls and a man come by here?
No, I didn't see her.
Hello.
By chance, have you seen these girls?
No, I haven't.
Please look carefully.
Go in.
If you won't give it to me, take her to the hospital, at least.
- This? - You can hold me hostage!
How dare you try to lie?
What, you have text messages?
Shut her up!
By chance, did a middle-aged man, a high schooler,
and a little girl come here?
- No. - Please take a close look.
Geez! I said they didn't come!
Put it on your fingers.
I could report you as an accomplice to child sexual abuse.
You'd better tell me. What room number?
What number is it?
- Hello? - I found them.
- You found them? - It's "Soo Motel."
I don't know which room yet.
Okay, I'm on my way!
Why don't you answer the phone at the counter?
What's up with the alarm?
What?
Okay.
S***.
I think some drugs and an insulin injector are missing too.
Mi Rae!
Are you okay?
Did you get hurt?
It's okay now.
Get out, guys!
Get out!
Get them!
Hey.
Yoon Jin, run away!
Let go!
Yoon Jin! Yoon Jin!
Hey!
Hey, you punk!
Give me. Give me the phone.
Give me!
You bastard. Do you know who I am?
Unni.
Unni!
Are you okay?
It's okay, it's okay.
It's all over now. It's okay.
Let's go.
Pretend you didn't see me.
- Please let me go. - You don't have to run away anymore.
Dr. Kim will be punished, and he can't hurt you anymore.
I promise. I'll make it happen.
You and Ah Reum are safe now.
But we'll...
still go back to the facility anyway.
But...
you can't just take her with you.
Why not?
Isn't this what you guys are supposed to do?
That's...
You need to take an appropriate procedure...
If so...
just pretend you didn't see me
and let me go now.
Where will you go?
I can't just let you go. That...
won't be good for you either.
You don't know what's good for me.
Everyone says it's for my benefit,
but they never ask me...
what I want...
and what's really good for me.
Do you really think that's the right decision for me?
[ Violation of Human Rights at Evergreen Child Welfare Center ]
Inspector.
Before I start the briefing,
I'd like to quote an excerpt from a letter written
by a pedophile in the U.S.
"When you don't listen to what your child wants to say
and treat it like it's a childish talk,
you...
are giving your child away to me.
I have ears that listen to what children say.
When...
you're yelling or laughing at your child in front of their friends,
you're giving your child away to me.
When you don't put your child in your lap and hug them,
you're giving your child away to me.
My chest is big enough to embrace any child
and I'm good at embracing them.
Do you want to know who I am?
I could be your neighbor,
your colleague,
or your child's teacher.
You might know me or not know me,
but your child knows me.
I'm a good person who gives your child attention
and affection that you didn't give them.
I...
can't stop."
I'll start the briefing.
I report Kim Jin Hwan, the director of the psychiatric hospital,
to the prosecutor commissioner for sexual assault according to
the law regarding Child Protection Law.
I request Mayor Seo to stop using psych ward hospitalization or
sending them back home temporarily
or inappropriate transfers against their will
as a means to discipline children or to correct their behaviors.
I recommend that they reinforce supervision at child welfare centers in the city.
Also, for these children at these facilities to overcome their trauma
and to rebuild their relationship with the employees,
I request him to work on a solution and reinforce it with relevant specialists.
Also...
I request a dismissal of the director Song Young Je
of Evergreen Child Welfare Center.
Is there a reason why you're requesting this punishment?
It looks like there was no physical evidence
that the director abused the children at the facility.
Is there evidence that he ignored the sexual assaults
by Dr. Kim?
No, there isn't.
The fact that he didn't know about the sexual assaults,
that he didn't want to know. If he knew,
he ignored it and covered it up.
That is abuse.
Ah Reum was discharged from the hospital yesterday.
She didn't get seriously injured. I think...
she was a bit shocked.
She asks for you a lot.
I'm trying to get you out as soon as possible.
You'll probably be able to see Ah Reum soon.
At Dr. Kim's house,
they found the photos and videos he took of children secretly.
You saved Ah Reum.
None of us, including the police, couldn't save her.
But you did.
I'm so sorry that
it took so long.
Who's Yoon Jin?
You called me...
Yoon Jin.
♪ The moment I first met you ♪
♪ You were just a little girl ♪
♪ And you had... ♪
I'm sorry...
Yoon Jin.
I'm sorry.
♪ You told me with a smiley face ♪
♪ I want to fly far away like a bird ♪
[ Yoon Hee Young ]
Did the visit go well?
Yes.
I'm looking into it. Don't worry so much.
We handed this case to the prosecution. It's all over now.
I saw it on the news.
Yoon Seo, actually...
during Yoon Jin's case,
I told you there was a suspect before Lee Sun Ho got arrested.
Defendant Choi Chul Soo
kidnapped seven innocent people, lured them,
and brutally murdered them.
Even after he got arrested, he showed no regret
regarding the crime he committed at all.
He caused tremendous pain to the victim’s family with violent crime
and he shocked everyone in the country.
Considering all these conditions,
it’s necessary to isolate the defendant from society indefinitely.
Therefore, I sentence the defendant to death.
Yes, of course.
Gosh, he deserves it.
For Choi Chul Soo, who was tried for
kidnapping, luring, brutally murdering, and burying the bodies
of seven teenage girls.
The court for his first trial sentenced him to death.
Deputy Judge Lee Seok Ho of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said
Choi Chul Soo showed no sign of empathy or guilt
toward the victims and no repentence at all.
He showed superficial regrets while
caring only about his own wellbeing.
Guard!
Guard.
Also, it was stated that there is no possible healing for the victim's family
and it's impossible for him to be reformed.
And since he might cause disturbance to society when he is released,
it’s necessary for him to be isolated from society indefinitely.
The court stated these reasons for sentencing him to death.
♪ I'll do everything you've done to me in return ♪
♪ Take back my life ♪
I'll tell you where Ha Sun's body is if you request a stay of execution.
I want to choose where and how I'll die.
Isn't that a basic human right?
Did you ask the seven people you killed
if they want to be murdered by you?
- No. - Did they want it?
I don't know.
It was bound to happen anyway, and I just expedited it.
- Where are they? - Who are you talking about?
You mean your missing father? Or Ha Sun?
Who do you want to find the most?
Do you know how we feel?
Do you know how a desperate parent feels?
I need to meet with Plaintiff Choi Chul Soo again.
[ The Running Mates: Human Rights ]