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(Dongjae: The Good or the Bad)

Fifteen.

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(Cheongju Prosecution Service)

(Final Episode)

(Cheongju District Court Number 417 Court)

(In progress)

- Don't touch me. - You little...

Unhand me.

Be quiet. Come with us in peace.

Hey, stop.

Shoot.

Stay still.

Stop moving.

Is the person who ordered you to kill and bury Park Jung-woo

in this court right now?

Yes.

Was he at the scene of the murder as well?

Yes.

Can you point at him?

Can you tell me the name of the man you're pointing at?

Nam Wan-seong.

He ordered us to kill him.

Mr. Nam, this is what you said during the investigation.

Yes, he was my secretary.

And those who ran away worked for me.

I didn't deny that.

But how can you blame me

when they killed a man and buried the body themselves?

It doesn't make any sense.

Why did you kill him if he didn't order you?

I didn't do it.

I only went to the construction site

because of my boss' order.

I didn't know what was there.

You didn't know what was buried

in the construction site?

I swear, sir.

In May, you knew

Park Jung-woo was buried in the construction site, didn't you?

No.

Make sure he's not found.

Help.

It's not like I was there

or witnessed anything.

How am I supposed to know?

Moving it

could be shooting myself in the foot.

Grind it on the spot.

Yes, sir.

You think that makes sense?

Here.

These men.

Did you take them to the construction site?

Yes.

And

these machines.

Did you use them on the construction site?

Did you?

Yes.

You didn't know what was buried there,

yet you took the cement breaker.

Because I was told to break the cement.

- CEO Nam-- - What about the grinder?

That was...

I'm ashamed to say this,

but I thought I succeeded.

Is this the only way?

Tell him that if he drops the charges,

he won't have to labor for the rest of his life.

Yes, sir.

What made you think you succeeded?

Because Park Jung-woo accepted the money

and promised to leave Cheongju.

Well done.

Thank you.

After that,

I never saw Park Jung-woo again.

So I thought it was over.

Until all these years, I solved all issues with money,

and I thought this was the same.

When the rumor spread later,

I thought people were

just gossiping.

I'm sorry.

What rumor?

That I harmed Park Jung-woo.

You were investigated multiple times until now.

But how come you never mentioned about the money?

Your honor.

May I explain that?

Sure.

The defendant

tried to confess whether to the prosecutors or the police

that he paid late Park.

And it was me who stopped him.

I told him not to confess.

Because it was obvious his intention would be misused.

Why would it be misused?

I request a witness

to show how it'd been misused.

Nam Wan-seong requested Park Chan-hyuk as a witness.

What? Does Park Chan-hyuk have something to do with that?

- No. - Then why?

He took back his testimony. Nothing's in their favor.

I thought it was strange,

but I can see what he's thinking.

So everything you said during the drug trial

was perjury?

Because Nam Wan-seong threatened you,

you testified that you didn't know Nam Gyeo-rye?

Is that what you mean?

Yes.

That man over there.

He threatened to kill me

just because I saw his son

selling drugs.

What else could I do?

How did you witness him selling drugs?

Because you are the supplier.

Am I right?

You were arrested and detained for selling drugs, weren't you?

You were in the detention center until recently, weren't you?

What about now?

Did you come from the detention center?

No.

He's the biggest problem.

I can pretend to be someone

who can't even kill a bug.

A letter of apology?

I can write hundreds of them.

But once Park Chan-hyuk blabbers

about how I threatened him to death,

everything goes to waste.

But

it's not like I could retrieve what he said.

If you received two apartment units, you should.

You must refute any testimony

to make yourself worthwhile as an attorney.

There's nothing I can do when he's already set free.

Free? Park Chan-hyuk?

Yes.

So he's set free?

Cheongju prosecutors set the drug offender Park free

without a trial who spread a new type of drug

and even got students addicted

when that wasn't even his first offense.

When was that?

When do you think that happened?

It was the very day the witness testified

that Nam Wan-seong threatened him.

The prosecutors charged the defendant of proxy murder,

but they knew there was no direct evidence.

Then they changed their direction.

If the witness was threatened to death...

Only if they could frame

the defendant

a man who habitually threatens others' lives

when there was no evidence or no witness

to prove the defendant's crime.

Mr. Park.

Did the prosecutors offer to set you free

if you change your testimony?

That was--

That you've never met Nam Wan-seong before.

The drug seller was Im Yu-ri.

Cheongju detective captain's daughter Im Yu-ri

sold drugs.

That was his first testimony;

however, as soon as he testified against the defendant,

he was set free.

Is that a coincidence?

No, right?

Did the prosecutors order you?

Witness, stop dragging on and answer him.

They did, but--

The prosecutor who offered to set you free.

Kidnapped you,

tortured you.

His name.

That's all you need to say.

Was it Seo Dong-jae?

He requested one more witness along with Park Chan-hyuk.

You.

Nam Wan-seong requested you as a witness.

Currently in Cheongju, his biggest anti-fans are

Park Chan-hyuk and you.

And you two happen to be the defendants' witnesses.

What we have in common is

that he clearly has something on us.

The difference is...

You'd make Park Chan-hyuk stand in the trial

even if Nam Wan-seong doesn't bother.

But they know I wouldn't make you stand in the trial.

Yet if they're dragging me into this,

they think it'd favor him.

They're not making things worse,

but I have a lot to offer to them.

I can see what I have for them,

But no one knows whether that will be

a game-changer for them or us.

What do you do for a living?

I'm a prosecutor from Cheongju District Office.

Your name?

Seo Dong-jae.

No.

Don't you know your name and what you do for a living?

You're a construction site laborer

Hwang Si-mok.

A man named Hwang Si-mok was

hired as a construction site laborer.

He hovered around a prohibited area

and kept questioning about the construction site.

He acted strange.

It's the testimony the labor team manager made

after confirming Seo Dong-jae's face.

Mr. Seo.

The laborer Hwang Si-mok that's mentioned in the testimony.

Is that you?

Yes.

Concealing yourself with a fake name

and ransacking the construction site as if you were a laborer

is all true?

Yes.

You're all aware

of what happened between Prosecutor Seo

from Cheongju District and the defendant.

I don't need to explain that.

Because it's already so famous.

He manipulated evidence

and framed a young man as a culprit.

A prosecutor who committed a great sin

tried to get back at the defendant

for revealing the truth

by sneaking into his work pretending to be a laborer.

Your honor.

I asked Prosecutor Seo

to work at the construction site.

I was in charge of the case since Park Jung-woo

reported Ehong Construction's construction corruption.

With a belief that him going missing shouldn't be neglected,

I discussed how to prove it with my fellow prosecutor Seo.

Here is the point.

The defendant did not fall for a trap.

Because the person who buried the body in the construction site

isn't anyone but the defendant himself.

Yes. That is my point.

Someone buried a body in the construction site.

I am not denying the body wasn't found there.

You're insisting that it was the defendant's doing.

Without single evidence, you assumed it was a proxy murder

and were arrogant enough to conclude it.

Where did that great evil

come from?

Why did prosecutors conspire, join hands,

and lie?

And why did it happen to be Prosecutor Seo of all people?

Why is that? Huh?

They're trying to show no one should mess with prosecutors.

If you neglect this,

we civilians cannot say a word

despite what prosecutors do.

Your honor.

I dare to say

among all his testimony he made in this trial,

nothing was true.

How should I prove it?

If you cannot trust my testimony,

who knows the concrete truth?

And even if the truth is said,

can anyone be free

from objection

regardless of the side they take?

I kept asking myself for the answer.

Geez, it's already been overwritten.

What's been overwritten?

Nam Wan-seong's dashcam.

There's nothing since May.

So much for May.

It starts from September this year.

If it's been deleted on purpose, we can retrieve it,

but if it's been overwritten, we have no chance.

Was it December 5 when Nam Wan-seong got arrested?

Yes, that's when we went to the construction site.

Then someone occurred to me.

Nam Wan-seong's biggest traitor.

Dad?

Is this Nam Wan-seong's corporation car dashcam?

I took it from his car in his garage.

It stops after December 6.

Because he was arrested on the 5th.

Even if he didn't drive it,

it would've kept recording.

Unless someone turned it off on purpose.

Then was it turned off on purpose?

Who would do that? There's no one but his kid at home.

Even if there was, they couldn't have afforded to think about it.

Someone was worried about the battery dying

when his family was arrested.

Yet he meddled with the dashcam.

Why?

It wouldn't disfavor him,

but why did he still delete it?

Did someone get in the car?

Whose hand is that?

Nam Gyeo-rye?

Why did he meddle with his dad's car?

He ordered his son to delete the dashcam footage?

Listen carefully.

You'll see my car key on my desk.

See if the dashcam footage from May is still there.

May?

It's probably been deleted,

but check again.

They'll soon come back with a search warrant.

I found the car key. What now?

Next to the power button on the side, you'll see the memory card.

If the footage from May is still there, delete it.

If not, put it back in.

Don't tell anyone about it.

Not even the attorney.

Check it yourself.

Your honor.

That was the call he had with his son in jail.

Why do you think he emphasized to delete the footage from May?

Because in May when the victim was buried alive,

the defendant was at the scene of murder.

That is basically a confession.

Jail also counts as a correctional facility.

Were you not aware that all calls in the facility

were recorded?

I wasn't, goddamn it.

What did you just say?

Defendant, with an attitude like that...

I'm not a kid.

What's wrong with my attitude?

Why do I have to be polite? Why?

Because you committed a crime and stood in trial!

You.

Among the judges and prosecutors,

I already know several

who deserve to sit here.

Stop acting up.

Our titles may be different,

but you and I...

Close your mouth and sit down.

Charging people unfairly however you like wasn't enough,

you only favor people from the same field.

And yet you say you can punish me?

Says who?

Don't touch me. I said let go!

I will announce the date for the next trial later.

The court has been dismissed.

Enough with your bullcrap.

I had to do something.

If Nam Gyeo-rye is the one who took the dashcam memory,

there's only one person who'd order him.

The day after his arrest,

he was in jail.

Nam Wan-seong, that prick.

You think he felt refreshed after raising his voice in the court?

Or did he regret about not holding it back?

He probably regretted it

when he returned to the detention center.

Right?

Hey.

I'm sorry I'm late.

What the? Why are you here alone?

Prosecutor Seo won't make it.

Why not?

His disciplinary action's been decided.

What is it?

He won't know until he attends it.

Was he notified to attend it?

What?

It won't end with a reprimand.

Still, he made a lot of contribution this time.

The disciplinary committee doesn't know that.

He also received the model prosecutor award.

He didn't. It got canceled.

The serial murders.

That was so long ago.

- Purple. - Purple is mine!

You don't deserve to drink.

It's true that he made a lot of contributions.

Just because he saved a man this year after killing one last year,

it doesn't make what he did last year go away.

And we must not apply that rule

in our job.

Still, if they told him to appear in person,

it might not be something so uneasy.

You think so? Then perhaps a wage cut?

Maybe they want to teach him a lesson in person.

(Ministry of Justice)

I received various opinions on you.

I cannot give the names of people who gave their opinions,

but you played an integral role

in arresting a violent criminal recently.

However, during the special inspection in 2017...

2017?

No action was taken on you

because you were needed to resolve the case.

The government retrieved the bribes you received at the time.

Your role was needed to resolve the case later.

However, pretending that a specific suspect hid

the victim's article

to frame the suspect as a culprit

is all true.

Prosecutor Seo Dong-jae.

Yes.

You didn't

neglect your duty.

However, you damaged prosecutors' reputation and dignity.

Dismissal. Removal?

A heavy disciplinary action...

However, you were appointed a model prosecutor

by clearing a drug cartel

and resolving a cold case.

A wage cut. A light disciplinary action...

However,

there is no valid reason

to deny that you received

bribery.

Therefore, a majority of the Ministry of Justice

disciplinary committee agrees

to dismiss

Prosecutor Seo Dong-jae.

But...

Come to the correctional office number 503

on 1st two months later by 9 a.m..

But...

Wait.

But...

(Seo Dong-jae, Supreme Prosecutors' Office)

(Prosecutor Seo Dong-jae)

I'm Moon Joseph.

I've been newly assigned to Cheongju District.

Move. Make a room.

Boss, have you heard

whether I'll be transferred to Seoul District?

CEO Nam might lose his mind

and confess everything.

His crime of proxy murder has pretty much been fixed.

I can't change that.

That is not what I mean.

I know a thing or two about his slush fund.

Say that you got it from someone else, not me

and disclosed it first.

Before CEO Nam mentions any innocent names.

(Cheongju Mayor)

You won't be satisfied

until you finish him off, right?

(Ms. Jeon Mi-ran)

(Ehong Construction.zip)

It contained a lot of information about Ehong Construction.

Probably. That's why I sent it to you.

May I ask where it's from?

Someplace reliable.

Aren't you busy?

You said it contained a lot of information.

It's up to you to turn that into evidence.

I'll make good use of it.

Hey, get a blanket.

- Take pictures of everything. - That's so much.

Over 20 million dollars of cash was found in CEO Nam Wan-seong

of Ehong Construction's safe.

The prosecution has issued a warrant on CEO Nam

for embezzlement.

They will investigate the source of the cash

and his means of concealment.

Geez, did she even chew?

She's crazy busy.

She has to investigate Ehong's account fraud and embezzlement.

Nam argues to appeal for his proxy murder charge.

The apartment residents

are planning to sue him for damages.

That room's bombarded with work

for going after Nam Wan-seong.

It's Nam Wan-seong who's busy.

Wouldn't it be faster to fix him in the defendant's seat

and have the trials take turns?

Hello?

What?

Oh, thank you.

I'm looking forward to meeting you soon.

Who was that?

Hey, I guess I'll be transferred to the supreme office.

What?

Is that what it was about?

Congratulations.

Well, the job is the same everywhere I go.

Even if he's going to the supreme office, he still has to clean up.

It's unbelievable that he can walk on his own.

My goodness.

(2 months later)

Come to the correctional office number 503

on 1st two months later by 9 a.m..

Are you Prosecutor Kim Jung-soo?

Yes.

Did the committee also tell you to appear today?

Yes.

(Kim Jung-soo)

But why the correctional office?

I'm not sure.

(Prosecutor Kim Jung-soo Dismissed for Defamation)

A correctional office manages prisons.

I don't know what we're doing here.

I'll call you when I visit Seoul.

Yes, promise.

Thank you for everything, Mr. Jo.

Thank you. This is sad.

Okay.

Take care.

Take care, Prosecutor Sung.

If you rely on your youth, you'll be knocked down soon.

Get inside. It's not like I'm going anywhere fancy.

She really left.

- Get inside. Bye. - Goodbye.

- Prosecutor. - Why do you keep calling me?

You should've been nice when you had a chance. Give me a hug.

Are you back?

Long time no see.

No.

Then?

- I'll see you when I'm done. - Done what?

Jo Byung-gun.

You really were nothing.

What do you mean I was nothing? Huh?

What am I then?

Is he here to beg for forgiveness?

Finish your sentence first.

Geez, I hate that guy.

In Daejeon District, you covered up

your son's bullying

and demanded the school the list of victims--

How dare you...

Appearing with a business card I've never seen before.

Prosecution inspection, my ass.

You inspect me?

So much for the pot calling the kettle black.

The investigation is already over.

Even your brother's case in Cheongju District.

Notifying the inspection subject of the inspection.

That is part of the procedure,

and that is what I'm doing right now.

What's the next procedure?

Punish me?

We don't punish anyone.

We only report.

To whom?

Who sent you here?

You.

It was you who called me here.

Because I'm a pot,

I know which kettle to call black.

Have you identified each other yet?

Do you recognize each other?

Dismissal, removal, suspension.

A wage cut is never enough to join you.

Nice watch there.

Corrupted prosecutors.

Unlawful colleagues.

Yet your superiors thrive.

You know when, where, and how they move

the best.

Despite the region and rank,

you'll move before they move.

Do you mean we are

the TF Team investigating prosecutors' corruption?

You got it.

A thief knows a thief.

Those who received bribery catch those who will receive bribery.

But the supreme office already has the anti-corruption team.

If you think this team isn't necessary, you may leave now.

In a couple of years,

you can all work as lawyers.

Do we have no job because of the anti-corruption team?

Is there no corruption?

You all have someone in your mind, don't you?

However,

since you've all been dismissed from your positions,

you are not

official government officials.

That means,

no bonus or overtime pay. Only the basic salary.

I'll still get you business cards

since it's necessary for the mind game.

I'm not ashamed after a while.

Because it's a proud job.

A job that should be done.

(Ministry of Justice Prosecution Investigation TF Team)

(Seo Dong-jae)

My goodness.

What a nice world we live in.

Hello, Ms. Kim.

Ms. Kim,

is it common to get suspended?

Even Ms. Jeon got suspended.

Too much for the first year, huh?

Is it about the day

Prosecutor Seo visited her?

Did you know?

What happened between Prosecutor Seo and Ms. Jeon?

Ask Prosecutor Seo yourself.

I don't feel comfortable about calling him.

You shouldn't.

You have to hint him that Mr. Jo will be going after him soon.

You mean Mr. Jo Byung-gun? Why would he?

He's waiting to get back at him.

A prosecution inspection team?

Prosecutor Seo?

Jo Byung-gun.

You really were nothing.

Did he mean that he dug dirt on me?

I'll kill that Seo Dong-jae prick.

Let's start with the trial result from last week.

You mean Nam Gyeo-rye?

He's on probation. He decided not to appeal.

It was his first offense, and he admitted to his charges.

Good job.

Thank you.

(Late Im Yu-ri)

I didn't know you liked this.

CEO Nam.

I heard you went bankrupt.

Shoot.

I'm seeing good performance.

You had an eye for whom to hire.

Thanks to your list of candidates.

A disciplinary committee isn't so bad if you consider that.

My goodness.

Can you call them talents?

So? Now that you created an unprecedented team with them,

do you feel relieved?

It's no team.

There are only six.

That sounds like you want to make it bigger.

Well, why not?

I had no idea about your ambition

when I approved it.

You'll be backstabbing high-ups.

Don't be like this, chief.

You were the oldest to approve it.

Shut up.

People think I'm in my early 40s.

When I talk informally to you, people think I'm rude.

If you say so,

I'll drop the honorifics.

Is that okay?

I shouldn't have brought you back.

Sir.

In your 50s but still looking like early 40s.

- Stop it. - See you for lunch.

He argued he never received

any free golf round or wine,

but the rumor says he received

support that wasn't evident.

Support that wasn't evident? Like what?

Like his children's learning center costs.

It's a lot when it saves up.

Okay.

Yes?

About the chief prosecutor I mentioned before.

Insult, verbal abuse, and cursing.

There was so much. So I

- just sent it to you. - Okay.

Nice.

Keep up with your work.

Yes.

- I'll see you later. - Get back to work.

How is it?

What do you mean?

You know.

Not bad.

In what way?

Better than doing nothing.

I'm guessing you don't like it?

It's not that I don't like it.

It's more like I'm still useful.

Got it.

Keep up the good work.

The law firm.

Why did I quit?

Not sure.

'I'm stopping justice from catching the bad guys'

'I would've caught in the past.'

'That's what law firms are doing.'

That's why.

Because I was a prosecutor after all.

I worked as one for over 20 years.

You'd never agree, would you?

I think I liked being a prosecutor.

Sure.

It makes no sense, huh?

How come?

Because I screwed it up.

Perhaps you can make it work again.

Then it really makes no sense.

I'll see you later.

Is it my imagination?

It feels like he's talking less.

Whatever. It's Seo Dong-jae.

I'll bust all your asses, you sons of guns.

Dongjae, The Good or the Bad.

The end.

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