Prosecutors and police separately raided the National Police Investigation Headquarters Tuesday over allegations of mishandling a high-profile murder case in Gwangju.
The National Police Agency's National Office of Investigation in Seoul was raided Tuesday. Officials from the Gwangju District Prosecutors Office executed a search-and-seizure warrant there, followed by a special police team checking for possible intervention by the headquarters.
Prosecutors aimed to secure evidence on claims that police leaked investigative material and destroyed evidence. The suspect, 23-year-old Jang Yoon-gi, is accused of killing a 16-year-old female high school student and attempting to kill a 17-year-old male student on May 5.
The government issued a public apology last week and vowed reforms to the police investigation system.
