[ Characters, organizations, incidents, and situations in this drama are fictitious ]
Geez.
Hello, Hyungnim. [ Inhumane prosecutor Hong Tae's path to becoming a human rights inspector ]
Six cases of speeding.
Four cases of vandalism.
Two lawsuits.
And reduced salary for refusing to get transferred.
And now you assaulted an officer.
How could one person do all this?
The attorney general said prosecutors should defend the weak...
You should've taken it easy!
- You got transferred. - Why?
- The new inspector is a total lunatic... - Yes!
Are you Prosecutor Bae Hong Tae...
But why are you here...
What am I supposed to do in there anyway?
Just pay attention next to me.
Don't just stare at your phone.
Well, I'm from Seoul Supreme Prosecutors' Office...
I see. I'm from Seoul Supreme...
So I am...
I'm from Seoul and I work for the Human Rights Commission.
What can a prosecutor do at Civil Rights Commission or whatever?
It's "Human Rights Commission," you bastard!
[ Episode 3 ]
You son of a b****.
Don't you even have mother and father?
How about you? Are you in jail because
you have mother and father?
Be quiet!
Let us sleep! It's so loud!
Guard! Silence them!
I can't sleep because of you!
Guard!
Everyone, behave!
Be quiet!
Quiet!
Guard, please look at this.
Hurry up!
What is it about?
I could hear the person next door choking.
It's a bit strange. Have a look.
Doctor! Doctor!
Doctor!
[ I didn't kill the CEO ]
The president of the Philippines visited Korea
for a summit with the president.
The two leaders will be discussing the current affairs
of both countries and the future of industries in general.
And the president of the Phillippines also requested
a thorough investigation regarding the death of Nadech Kumiya.
The Korean government stated that they'll
reveal the truth by a thorough investigation.
This is Jo Sung Joon of Current Events Now.
[ Examination vs. investigation ]
If it's okay to lie and sell,
would you be responsible for people's health?
Aigoo, what's this about now?
I heard you're the new inspector.
You're willing to listen to small opinions as well.
I love it.
This is why government agencies need restructuring too.
Anyway, there's a Chinese restaurant on the intersection near here.
It's owned by a Chinese-Korean. What was the name?
- Mongo Restaurant. - Yes, Mongo Restaurant!
I'm a very important customer for them.
So I was going to let it slide, but can't do.
Why?
I was leaving that place after lunch
and saw the trash bags from that place.
And my God, they were using chile powder from China.
What's wrong with that exactly?
On the menu, they say it's made with local ingredients!
That's why I complained to them.
Can you guess what the owner told me?
"If a Chinese person uses ingredients from China
at a Chinese restaurant, that's local."
He asked me what's wrong with that!
And he got really angry with me. In Korean, even.
- He's right. - What?
Hey, old man.
Why don't you complain that to the KFDA?
Why do you keep causing troubles at the Human Rights Commission?
Excuse me, so...
what does that have to do with the Human Rights Commission?
Geez, you don't know anything because you're new.
They violated the people's right to know!
Did you investigate the appeal on the spa towels?
No.
You're just like everyone else.
Hey!
Inspector Han.
Actually I'm being watched right now.
Pardon?
I'm being watched now too.
By whom?
Over there.
I didn't park at the handicap spot!
That spot is for the president of the bank. Please move it.
Assemblyman Kang Ho Joon of Public Administration and Security Committee
proposed downsizing and reorganizing the Human Rights Commission
and urged the the National Assembly to vote.
But a government official stated that the Human Rights Commission...
You got really old too.
He didn't age gracefully. Aigoo.
Inspector Han Yoon Seo!
Hello.
[ Sawadi Kumiya: Petitioner/Filipino ] I'm the brother of Nadech, who died in prison.
My name is Sawadi.
Hello.
May I ask what this is about?
Even though my brother ended up that way,
nobody would tell me...
what happened and...
whose fault it was!
I need your help.
Please reveal the truth of my brother's death.
I'm sorry, but when we're done investigating,
either the police or the prosecution will reveal the truth.
If it turns out that your brother's
human rights were violated,
we'll look into it as much as we can and hand in the report.
Well then...
Sunbae, you're in charge of the police's coercion case, right?
Yes.
I don't know whether it was coerced though. Why?
Our objective is to prove the
limitation of the testimony and failure of justice.
I need to write a request letter to improve the system based on this case.
I'd like to know the points the lawyer made in the appeal.
I can explain that to you!
No. 1.
The police interrogated Nadech Kumiya as a reference witness,
but as a suspect in actuality for a lengthy period.
No. 2, Nadech is Filipino.
Even though Ji Soon Koo has a borderline level
intelligence with IQ level 80,
they interrogated him until late at night
without his guardian present and led him to make a false confession.
No 3, the police deceived the suspects saying they'd receive
a lighter sentence if they confess according to their scenario
and got false confessions from them.
That's all.
Even though the police say they rely on forensic science,
they still value confessions the most.
Once they get them to confess and write a report,
that person's life is over.
Why?
They set the premise that an innocent person would never confess.
Don't be so sure yet.
That's the reality. That's all I'm saying.
You don't understand the Korean police yet.
- I understand well. - Then!
- Was it really a false confession? - Well...
There isn't any other evidence other than the confession.
Oh, hi.
Inspector Han, the plaintiff's lawyer for Soohsogwan case is here.
Okay.
What?
- Did I do something wrong? - No.
I'm Attorney Oh Tae Moon of Sun and Moon Law Firm.
I'm Inspector Han Yoon Seo.
This is...
Prosecutor Bae, when did you...
Well...
Do you know each other?
We're classmates from the training institute.
Classmates?
I think I'm a few years younger.
We're classmates, but I passed when I was in school
and he passed a little later, as I understand.
Am I right?
Let's discuss personal matters later.
Go ahead and brief us on the case.
I can do a presentation here, right?
[ 2019 Soohsogwan Murder Case ]
[ Soohsogwan ]
Excuse me.
[ Yoon Joo Kang: Defendant/lieutenant of Crime Squad at Seoul Police Force ]
On July 23th, at 2:30 in the afternoon,
Bang Gye Deok, the owner of a bar called Soohsogwan
was found dead in the bar.
There were four stab wounds in the stomach,
one in the abdomen,
two on the left thigh
on his body.
The wounds on his stomach were the deepest.
The cause of death was a shock from excessive bleeding.
[ No cash ]
[ Right before closing ]
[ Two kinds of footprints ]
What do you think?
The culprit is someone who holds a grudge against the victim.
Seeing how he came in right before closing, stabbed Bang Gye Deok
and ran away with cash.
There are two culprits and...
Nadech from the Phillippines was arrested
as a suspect 22 days after the body was found.
[ Nadech Kumiya: Plaintiff/suspect for the murder of Bang Gye Deok ]
Nadech who spoke very little Korean denied the charge,
but because the police coerced him,
he confessed that he went to Soohsogwan with
Ji Soon Koo, whom he worked with at a furniture factory.
According to Nadech's confession,
Ji Soon Koo worked at Soohsogwan's kitchen
until two months before the murder.
He confessed that he went with Ji Soon Koo because
Bang Gye Deok wouldn't give him his paycheck.
The police raided Ji Soon Koo's apartment to arrest him,
but he already fled.
Soon after, they arrested him working at a gas station in Soowon
and got him to confess.
The prosecution stated that
it was Ji Soon Koo who stabbed the victim to death,
but Nadech was his accessory for the burglary and murder.
So they prosecuted him for murder just like Ji Soon Koo.
- Accessory? - Yes.
Nadech didn't commit the murder.
Why was he charged for that?
So let's say the three of us robbed a bank.
I threatened a bank employee and took the money,
Inspector Han watched over the people in the bank,
and Inspector Lee guarded the door helping us escape.
To be exact, I'm the only one who stole the money.
Since Inspector Han trapped people in the bank, she'd be charged for assault,
blackmailing and confinement.
And since she helped in the escape in a vehicle,
she'd be charged for hindering as well.
But that's not how it works in reality.
[ Accessories ]
Doesn't it make sense that Inspector Han, Lee, and I
should be charged for burglary?
As accessories for aggravated burglary.
You mean if you assist another in a crime,
you both become the culprit for that crime.
That's right.
What's the evidence that the police deceived Nadech?
They told Nadech that if he confesses who the accomplice is,
they'd make sure he doesn't get charged for murder.
- Can you speak Korean? - A little.
Nadech.
You're an illegal immigrant.
If you aren't honest with me...
Murder!
Handcuffs!
Okay?
Other than you. Whom did you go with?
When a suspect is arrested,
the police think they're the culprit.
And they persuade them that they have to confess
to get a lighter sentence.
Just one second.
Deceiving can be considered as an interrogation method.
Is there evidence that the police interrogated him that way?
Or is it just your assumption?
Do you remember what you did 22 days ago, Inspector Han?
It's true that Nadech and Ji Soon Koo went to Soohsogwan.
The problem is that they went there the day before.
When the detective questioned him about going to Soohsogwan,
Nadech admitted to it since he's not fluent in Korean.
But the detective used that testimony
forcing Ji Soon Koo to confess.
They couldn't find the knife, the most important evidence.
But Ji Soon Koo admitted that he stabbed him.
No.
He stated was that Nadech brought him a knife from his house
and he took it back after the crime.
That's all he said.
Ji Soon Koo didn't commit murder.
That's why he doesn't know about the knife.
Attorney, the Human Rights Commission
doesn't determine whether Ji Soon Koo is guilty or not.
Even though he was coerced?
Ji Soon Koo, who has borderline intelligence
couldn't get any help from his family or attorney.
Usually, people like him can be very suggestible in these situations.
They always act submissive.
That means...
they give the answers the other person wants.
Not everyone with borderline intelligence is like that.
You can't call borderline intelligence a handicap.
Legally speaking, it's on the
border of intellectual disability and normal.
You mean he's not protected by the law because he's not handicapped?
Can the police manipulate the law like that?
And you're supposed to be the Human Rights Commission.
I'm just telling you the facts.
Don't you think you're being too conservative about the appeal?
I'm seriously concerned whether or not you're willing to solve this case.
The plaintiff can request to switch the inspector if you truly think so.
Let's end the plaintiff meeting here.
I'll discuss the legal matters with the inspectors myself.
Okay then.
I have a request.
I'd like to accompany Ji Soon Koo when you're meeting with him.
I hope you let me since the absence of the attorney
was the problem in this case.
Are you requesting or demanding?
The plaintiff, Ji Soon Koo, also wants that.
This case doesn't seem big enough for a big law firm like yours.
For pro-bono at that.
By the way,
were you dispatched to the Human Rights Commission?
Dispatched, my foot. I was exiled.
Should I look into a position at our law firm for you?
Aigoo, that's okay.
A carnivore can't survive on grass.
By the way...
are you sure Ji Soon Koo isn't the culprit?
Here's the drink you ordered.
I'll enjoy the coffee.
That scum. That was my coffee.
The police's investigation doesn't make any sense.
If Ji Soon Koo wanted to kill the owner,
it doesn't make sense that he didn't have a knife.
It's true that it's questionable.
Do you really think Nadech and Ji Soon Koo were friends?
He blamed Nadech for bringing a knife.
We know.
We also know that you didn't kill him.
Ji Soon Koo killed him, right?
Ji Soon Koo just confessed that he brought the knife.
Seriously, you bastard.
Hey.
Your friend said...
you brought the knife.
What did you do with the knife after you killed the owner?
Tell me what happened
on July 23rd honestly from the beginning.
So...
on July 23rd...
Huh?
Is this a blackout?
- I played soccer that day. - You played soccer?
I said I played soccer that day.
Soccer? You played soccer?
I played soccer that day.
What is he saying? Can't you reach the interpreter?
No, not yet.
Nadech.
Nadech!
Hello.
Nadech died insisting on his innocence.
If Ji Soon Koo is not quilty...
Who killed Bang Gye Deok then?
I'll get going then.
Okay.
Nedech died insisting on his innocence.
And if Ji Soon Koo is not guilty...
who killed Bang Gye Deok then?
Geez...
[ Ji Soon Koo? ]
[ Nadech Kumiya? ]
[ Sexual offenders' profiles in the surrounding area ]
[ Notice of information ]
[ 7 years ago ]
[ Yoon Jin, are you on your way? ]
Yoon Jin, where are you?
Dad was worried about you a lot past three days.
He stopped by to celebrate your birthday.
Hurry home.
I'm waiting for the bus.
Is Dad really angry?
[ Is Dad really angry? ]
[ Mr. Angel ]
Is she coming at all?
Yes.
She's on her way right now.
She ran away from home.
She doesn't deserve a birthday dinner.
Move! Move!
Detective Lee, check the front.
Come over here!
Yes!
- Check every corner. - Did you find anything?
Detective Jang!
According to the first forensic report,
they found a drug called ketamine in Yoon Jin's body.
It's used for sedating animals.
[ Animal Hospital ]
Here are the texts and call history from Yoon Jin's phone.
[ Han Yoon Jin's usage history from last month ]
[ Mr. Angel: 127 calls, Unni: 52 calls ]
[ Text messages ]
[ Can I visit you today? Don't you miss me? I miss you so much. ]
[ What are we doing later today? I love you too ]
Hyung! No, no, Hyung...
No, I'll go, I'll go! I'll go.
Don't go.
Later. Much later.
I'll go for now, Hyung.
Just one second.
Wait right here.
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Yes, how can I help you?
Mr. Choi Chul Soo.
Where did you first meet Han Yoon Jin?
Let me ask you one more time, Mr. Choi Chul Soo.
Where did you first meet Han Yoon Jin?
We met each other on a chatting website.
Check out the website if you don't belive me.
Do you want my ID?
I just met her a few times because she wanted to.
What did you do on the night of June 6th?
What did you do, bastard?
Do you remember what you did
two weeks ago at night?
What?
Let me catch some sleep.
Hyung.
[Viki Ver] OCN E03 'The Running Mates: Human Rights' -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
Answer the question, you bastard.
You...
killed Yoon Jin, didn't you?
Excuse me.
Chief, calm down!
- Chief! - The gun!
Chief, calm down. Chief!
- Chief! - Calm down!
Gwang Ho hyung!
Chairwoman told us to take care of the appeal quickly.
What's the problem?
I'm not sure.
I don't think Inspector Han is willing to deal with the police investigation.
What else then?
I think it's meaningless for us to determine whether there have been nighttime interrogation whether
the attorney was present.
The point of this case is that the court made a ruling just based on the confession.
Then our job is
to find out whether the police forced false confession
or something like that, isn't it?
It's up to the court to decide whether he was coerced or wrongfully convicted.
Stuff like this happens because the court doesn't do their job well.
Without even proving the credibility of the confession which was their only evidence,
they found him guilty during the first trial.
That's why one of the suspects committed suicide.
But you're saying we should only look into the legality of
the investigation since the department of justice will take care of the appeal?
Because that's what we do at the Human Rights Commission.
People hate the public official because
- we only care about our role. - Hold on, hold on.
Inspector Lee.
Let's hear what you think.
What Inspector Han said right according to the rule,
but...
if Ji Soon Koo is innocent, that'd be such a pity.
I think we should do everything we can
and submit our opinion to the court to help his case.
Why do you think we can just easily defend a defendant
who's involved in a criminal case?
Don't you think of it is defending someone who's innocent?
Why do we have to make it more complicated than it is?
We still don't know the truth.
I'm a prosecutor too,
but the department of justice of this country have been
making innocent people into murderers.
And one of the defendants committed suicide
to prove that he's innocent.
Whether it's an examination or an investigation,
what else can the Human Rights Commission do
if we won't reveal the truth for the other defendant?
Are you saying we should reinvestigate the murder?
Finding who killed Bang Gye Deok
- isn't our job. - We should do it if we can.
And we should determine who's guilty.
Do you know what the real problem of the police, the prosecution and the court is?
They're more afraid of
admitting mistakes than making mistakes.
Fine.
Let's say we revealed the truth.
But what if that truth isn't what we expected?
Half of this appeal is the case that belongs to the police.
How will we determine which cases we'll reinvestigate from now on?
And in what criteria will we choose?
If you only want to do what's safe in the middle like this,
why did you join the Human Rights Commission?
Okay, that's enough.
First of all, like what Inspector Han said, we should
investigate whether human rights were violated during the investigation.
And if there was, we'll consider submitting our opinion to the court, okay?
Calm down, everyone.
That's all for today.
Aigoo, she might break the door.
[ The jail Plaintiff Ji Soon Koo is ]
[ Gyeonggi Prison ]
- Here's the coffee. - Yes.
Aigoo, we're in the 21st century.
Why does the court hand out the case records wrapped in cloth like this?
Is this part of the law too?
Aigoo...
Okay, let's go.
Put the seat belt on.
I already did.
I was talking to myself.
Aigoo.
♪ Put the seat belt on. Put the seat belt on. Put the seat belt on... ♪
My dad...
passed away when I was young
and my mom got remarried.
She hates it when I call her,
but I asked them to bring her there anyway.
The police allowed him to see his family three days after he got arrested.
And it was after he already confessed.
Is it true that you got to meet your mother?
Yes.
Did the detectives tell you that you can hire a lawyer?
"You have the right to remain silent
and you have the right to an attorney."
You never signed a document that states that?
It's okay. Tell her.
The detectives told me to sign here and there.
They said I have to. So I did.
But I didn't know what it was about because I'm stupid.
I'm sorry.
You shouldn't apologize about that.
When you were being interrogated,
did you tell them something like...
Like...
That it takes you longer to understand questions than most people?
No.
It's not easy to talk about your weakness.
It's not like they asked.
Hello!
Yes.
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
- No. - Yes...
This is Nadech's older brother.
Hello, nice to meet you.
He wanted to help us, so I decided to meet with him.
I noticed that your Korean is very good by the way.
I heard you used to live in Korea for a bit.
I can speak a little.
Is it true that Nadech is your best friend?
Yes.
Nadech is nice. Nadech has nothing to do with it!
But why did you say Nadech brought a knife?
Did the detectives tell you to say that too?
Yes.
Nadech is nice. Nadech has nothing to do with it!
But why did you say Nadech brought a knife?
Did the detectives tell you to say that too?
Pardon?
You have to be honest with us for the sake of Nadech.
So we could help you, Mr. Ji Soon Koo.
Did you really not know about the knife?
No.
Because Nadech...
said so.
That he did that with me.
Even if I said I didn't do it...
The detectives said there's an eye witness too.
Even if I said I didn't kill him...
According to the case document,
the fire extinguisher was next to the air conditioner.
After Ji Soon Koo committed the crime,
he hit the doorknob with the fire extinguisher a few times
and since it didn't work, he walked by Bang Gye Seok who was on the floor
and ran away through the glass door here, apparently.
They said two types of footprints were found toward the entrance.
The police must've compared your brother's shoes
with the bloody footprints here.
But they don't mention about that.
So did they say they matched?
They did compare, but...
they assumed that he threw them out since they didn't match.
It's the same with the knife.
How come there isn't a single CCTV around?
So the owner of this place is the eye witness, right?
Yes.
You're his brother?
[ Baek Sun Jae: Eye witness/the owner of Night at Sapporo ]
Yes.
Sir.
I don't blame you.
If I believed that...
my brother was innocent,
this wouldn't have happened.
Well, could you tell us about
what you saw on the day of the crime?
Since this is a residential area,
almost no places stay open late.
This was the only business that was open in this building that night too.
I was putting stuff back inside to close
and I heard someone running toward me from the back alley.
I saw two young men running as if they were running away from something.
[ Night at Sapporo, IZAKAYA ]
By the way...
When did you say that to the police for the first time?
It was a day after the incident.
The detectives were asking people whether they saw anything.
So I told him the truth.
And 28 days after the incident...
It was almost a month after.
You saw Nadech and Ji Soon Koo being interrogated at the police station.
And you confirmed that they're the people you saw that night.
You can't call that confirming.
To make the eye witness's testimony credible,
they should show them several people that look similar including the suspects
and make them choose among them.
It's a basic investigation procedure according to the court as well.
I think it might be right.
A testimony they got that way
is definitely not credible.
That's my opinion.
I just said their body types and general impression are similar.
And they might be the ones.
That's all I said.
It's getting very late.
Should we call it a day?
Let's stop here today as long as Ji Soon Koo agrees.
Soon Koo, would that be okay?
One, two, three!
What do you think?
I'm not sure.
I feel like I could recognize someone running that way. Maybe not.
I can kind of see the faces.
But I don't think I would've remembered if it was at night.
Aigoo...
We're keeping you here for too long.
It's for my brother.
We're investigating the police tomorrow.
Do you have any requests or anything you want to say?
Thank you for investigating.
It's all my fault.
He said he didn't want to come to Korea.
It hurts because he's my brother.
Even though my brother died, neither the detectives
nor the judges...
Nobody apologized to me.
Please prove that my brother is innocent.
I'll leave it up to you.
They said I can talk to the prosecutor
if I really didn't do it.
But no one believed me.
Mr. Ji Soon Koo.
I didn't kill my boss.
You didn't kill him.
The inspectors know that too.
I guess you normally didn't use the back door.
My boss...
said some people leave through that door without paying.
Was it like that since you started working there?
Yes.
- Did you try locking the door from outside? - Yes.
I checked that the first thing in the morning.
But you hit the doorknob with a fire extinguisher
to run away through that back door?
Pardon?
You knew that the back door was locked better than anyone.
Why did you try to escape through the back door
by hitting it with a fire extinguisher
in an urgent situation like that?
That's because...
This is what you said to the detectives.
"I think I tried running away through the back door.
The back door is normally locked from outside."
You knew that door was locked from the outside.
Why did you do that?
Soon Koo!
That's enough, okay?
I'm sorry! It's my fault.
It's all my fault.
Detective Jang.
Have you been well?
Yes.
I'm sorry to bother you when you're busy.
No, it's okay.
Is something going on?
I don't know.
The suspect insisted that he's innocent and committed suicide
when it's suspected that his human rights were violated.
Isn't that enough reason to investigate?
Not just me but...
most people think that's what the Human Rights Commission does.
Is that what you wanted to ask me about?
You know, Lee Sun Ho, right?
He had to do with
Yoon Jin back then.
This was mailed to my house.
[ 7 years ago ]
[ Hot Ramen ]
[ Lee Sun Ho ]
Hey, Han Yoon Jin. Where are you going?
Why don't you come to school?
Don't worry so much.
You couldn't investigate yourself,
but we'll make sure
to catch that bastard.
Where did you first meet Han Yoon Jin?
What did you do on the night of June 6th?
You...
killed Yoon Jin, didn't you?
Gwang Ho hyung!
Chief.
No.
Hyung, Hyung!
Hyung!
- You bastard! - Hyung.
Hyung!
Looks like he did something again.
According to the notice,
Lee Sun Ho's sentence got reduced significantly
because of Yoon Jin's case.
Do you know the reason why?
Lee Sun Ho had mental disability.
He was due for a medical treatment,
but later he was granted a stay of execution.
I see.
By chance have you heard about my father?
Well...
Not yet.
You can go back in now.
Okay, take care.
♪ The moment I first met you ♪
♪ You were just a little girl ♪
♪ And you had a violet in your hair ♪
Maybe the police made up a story for you so you could avoid getting charged for murder.
What if he confessed and mentioned the things only the culprit would know?
He said the things only the culprit would know.
Ji Soon Koo's testimony was very detailed...
It sounds like testimony from someone who observed the culprit from a distance.
If Ji Soon Koo wasn't the one who picked up the fire extinguisher...
Some lawyer came over a while ago
and said something about No. 303.
A lawyer?
Listen to me carefully right now.
Did the lawyer told you not to speak when he's not around?
[ The Running Mates: Human Rights ]