A major scandal is hitting the police in South Korea. People are shocked after four bodies were discovered on the popular tourist island of Jeju. This discovery has brought to light a serious failure within the local police force.

It turns out that one police officer had been marking missing person cases as "solved" or "closed" even though they never actually looked into them. Reports say this officer faked paperwork for about 200 different cases. Because of this, many people who went missing were never properly searched for.

To make matters worse, the officer who lied about the Jang Mi-ran case is now being accused of other terrible crimes, including domestic abuse and sexual assault. This has left many other police officers confused and angry. They say they cannot understand how a colleague could be so dishonest while families were waiting for answers about their loved ones.

The President of South Korea has stepped in. He is now calling for the police to be held responsible for these failures. He wants to make sure that the people in charge are doing their jobs properly and that this kind of negligence does not happen again.

For now, the investigation is growing. People are asking how many more cases might have been ignored. The island, which is usually known as a peaceful vacation spot, is now at the center of a national investigation into corruption and police misconduct.

Source: BBC