[ Characters, organizations, incidents, and situations in this drama are fictitious ]
This is the evidence you want.
[ Episode 2 ] Are you satisfied?
You can't do anything without the evidence from the victim, right?
I recorded it while talking to that bastard on the phone.
Listen to it if you'd like.
[ Nobody was there ]
If you're honest with me,
we can end this now.
What I want is...
a sincere apology.
Be honest about what?
Do you have to ask?
On that day...
Not just any day, but the day we sent Yoon Ho away,
you put your hand in my skirt
and what did you say?
"How come Yoon Ho is okay,
but not me?"
How could you do that?
On the staircase...
How could you?
Sunbae.
Let's just talk about this openly.
Help me to move on from this issue.
What were you thinking? Huh?
Seriously, I didn't even get to it.
Shouldn't we consider this as the evidence of the assault?
Well...
it's not completely convinced.
Saying "I didn't get to it,"
means he's admitting the assault to a certain extent.
That's not...
quite enough to overturn the statement that
So Ji Hye came onto him first, is it?
Her testimony isn't totally consistent either.
I feel a bit uneasy.
What do you think, Inspector Han?
I'm not sure.
There are still a lot of things I don't understand.
Like what?
I think both of them are hiding something.
How about you, Inspector Lee?
I kind of agree with Inspector Han,
but I wonder if she would've filed an appeal
over something that didn't happen as a woman.
Hand in the report with what you have so far for now.
Inspector Lee, summon So Ji Hye and Lee Eun Yul.
Since their testimonies clash so much
and it's a sensitive subject,
the hearing will be private, okay?
Yes.
This is Han Yoon Seo of the general investigation team.
Yes.
I'll be on my way right now.
- Move, move. - What?
Where are you going? How about the report?
I'll submit it after I interview the last witness.
I should join her then.
- I'll get going then. - Okay, good luck.
When will we solve this case at this rate?
I don't even know if that's possible or not.
If the inspector reports whether rights have been violated or not,
would the case be closed?
Yes, if the committee decides that human rights have been violated,
we recommend a change of behavior.
Recommend?
Yes.
What's the point of giving a recommendation?
They can take it or leave it.
We can file a report if a crime has been discovered
and we can notify the court if necessary.
The difference from law enforcement is that we don't have the right to indict.
That's a huge difference.
There's nothing you can do without the right to indict.
Could you call that a solution?
Here's the next news.
Former mayor Choi Jong Bok was proven to have sexually harassed
his secretary and was placed under arrest.
After confirming the recent black box footage from Choi's car,
the police acquired the evidence of Choi sexually harassing
his secretary using his authority and...
I'm sorry.
Inspector Han.
So you clearly remember So Ji Hye
cuddling with Lee Eun Yul the day after
she was supposedly sexually assaulted?
Yes.
[ Kim Ji An: Witness/member of policy division at Taewoon Union ] That was the only rainy day during that period.
I went back to the office for my umbrella.
And I saw them having a
serious conversation at the end of the hallway.
And suddenly, So Ji Hye held onto Lee Eun Yul's arm
and looked like she was pleading with him.
It seemed like Lee Eun Yul was dismayed as he turned her down.
I just don't think she was behaving like a sexual assault victim.
I thought it was strange.
I don't know if I can say this.
But I'm not trying to take a side or anything,
but I don't think people really understand Director Lee Eun Yul.
He sometimes loses his temper, but he's a good person.
He takes courage to do something no one wants to do.
He was like that when Kang Yoon Ho was sued for slandering as well.
Sued?
So everyone in the union must know
about Kang Yoon Oh's case.
[ Kang Yoon Oh was sued ]
[ Taewoon Corporation ]
[ Slandering ]
[ The game & the union ]
So Ji Hye is behaving strangely
if what Kim Ji An said is true.
For some reason, I'm suspicious of Kang Yoon Oh.
I think there's something else.
Just focus on the sexual assault.
No, no. I have a hunch.
Let's go somewhere together, okay?
Inspector Han.
Anyone home?
Hello?
Is no one in there?
- Aigoo. - Aigoo, you scared me.
- Aigoo, I'm sorry. - Who are you?
Well, I'm from Seoul Supreme Prosecutors' Office...
No, actually...
So I am...
Well, have you heard of the Human Rights Commission...
Hello, I'm Inspector Han Yoon Seo from the Human Rights Commission.
This is Kang Yoon Oh's residence, right?
He died a long time ago.
What else do you want anyway?
It's not like he wanted to die.
He didn't eat anything, but he drank so much.
Did your son mention that he was stressed
over the lawsuit at all?
He usually...
doesn't talk about his feelings.
I don't know well,
but he's never been to the police station his whole life.
But he had to go back and forth for several days.
He must've been so stressed.
He should've lived a quiet life.
He shouldn't have made that stupid video game.
Do you also think...
that was such a bad thing to do?
I really...
can't understand it at all.
Hello, I'm from Seoul Supreme Prosecutors' Office...
No, actually...
I'm Inspector Bae Hong Tae from the Human Rights Commission.
So?
Well...
Are you deceased Kang Yoon Oh's sister by chance?
Yes.
I know this might be upsetting,
but I'd like to ask a few questions about him.
Did you say the "Human Rights Commission?"
Yes.
Are you really from the Human Rights Commission?
How would the Human Rights Commission get my number?
Well, as for that, your mother...
I don't want to talk about that anymore.
Hello?
Yes, Inspector Han.
It's me.
I need to be somewhere urgently.
Why don't you go back without me?
Yes.
- Yes. - This is So Ji Hye.
What do you mean, the hearing would be held privately?
Why is that?
I'm not ashamed of anything I did.
We usually keep the sexual assault hearings private.
Who gets to decide that?
Pardon?
Usually, the victims of these cases
don't want to publicize the case...
I have nothing to hide. Please make it public.
The whole country needs to know what he did.
I won't be there if we'd be talking behind closed doors.
Tell the press to show up.
So Ji Hye wants to publicize it?
We keep it private to protect the people involved.
Yes.
But that involves not just the plaintiff, but also the defendant.
Why don't you tell Lee Eun Yul
that So Ji Hye wants it public and ask him to approve.
I'm sure he'd say no.
If so, relay the message to So Ji Hye.
The defendant also has the right
to be protected before he's proven guilty.
It'd be difficult to publicize the hearing
without Lee Eun Yul's approval.
Okay?
Yes.
That's right.
I heard the news.
I'm with her 100%.
I'll reveal the true face of So Ji Hye in front of the press.
So let her have it.
I won't testify unless it's in front of the press.
I thought concealing a case from the public is deemed unconstitutional.
Unless you're the applicant or directly involved in the case,
you're not allowed to access.
I see. I'm from Seoul Supreme...
I'm from Seoul and...
I work for the Human Rights Commission.
I can see it if I send in an official letter, right?
Well, just one second.
This is Public Service Center.
The Human Rights Commission wants to access a case document.
I see.
Okay.
I talked to the prosecutor of the case on the phone.
It seems like it'd be difficult.
But why?
In the interest of public safety, the prosecutor apparently
made the document classified.
The interest of public safety?
What's the name of the prosecutor?
Hey, Prosecutor Choi. It's me, Prosecutor Bae.
Why do I feel nervous whenever you call me?
Are you nervous? Do you have a crush on me?
Do you feel nervous whenever I call you?
What are you saying?
Is everything good?
Everything is good since you're gone.
What is it?
I thought maybe I was too harsh on you
last time we drank together.
That made me want to hear your voice. That's why I called.
You know that Taewoon Group case?
Kang Yoon Oh's slander lawsuit case.
What about that?
Someone asked me about it.
Could I have a look at the investigation report?
What kind of trouble will you cause now?
- No. - Why not?
I can't tell you the details.
Let me give you a tip as a friend.
Don't dig into that case.
You might end up losing your job if you tried.
Don't call me anymore. Bye!
[ Union executive ]
[ Slandering of the head of the corporation ]
[ Union fees embezzlement, Spreading false information ]
[ Requesting damage compensation, Defamation ]
[ The company's legal team filed a lawsuit ]
Plaintiff So of Taewoon Union's sexual assault case
stated that she has a voice recording to prove the sexual assault.
She'll be revealing it during the HRC committee hearing today.
[ Sexual harassment recording, Taewoon union ] In response to that, Defendant Lee
[ Sexual harassment recording, Taewoon union ] said he has additional information to reveal.
Defendant Lee said
he's willing to get punished accordingly
if the voice recording that Plaintiff So
mentioned actually exists.
It remains to be seen if it would lead to additional disclosure.
Hello.
Manager Kim.
About publicizing the committee hearing at 2 p.m.
I've been thinking, but I think it'd be difficult.
But both the plaintiff and the defendant are strongly insisting it.
It's because they're very emotional right now.
But no matter what the result,
one of them would end up feeling victimized.
The media will sensationalize the case as well.
That's true, but
the parliament pointed out that we have too many private hearings
and the public has a lot of doubts about the case.
If we publicize it,
the public might think the committee is
being partial to either the company or the union.
The plaintiff and defendant's opinion is important,
but publicizing it might affect the committee members' decision.
I know it's a hassle,
but please apologize to the plaintiff, defendant, and the press.
Let's make sure the hearing will be private.
How are you, sir?
I'm calling from the investigation department of Gwangju Police Force.
Is Prosecutor Choi Jae Yeol available by chance?
He's currently working away from the office.
If you leave a message, I'll relay it to him.
Is that so?
If that's the case...
I'll just call back later then.
Yes, yes.
Based on the history of the case...
Hello?
There's a recording of me admitting to the assault?
Yes, but the committee members will determine whether it's valid or not.
I just said that out of anger because
she was provoking me too much.
So Ji Hye asked me leading questions
and edited it to sound like I admitted.
The committee members will determine that as well.
It's so easy to turn someone into a sexual offender.
I found the building I went to
- with Ji Hye that day. - Pardon?
I confirmed an eyewitness as well.
An eyewitness?
Her name is Park Man Shim.
She works in the basement of that building.
Go and ask what happened that day.
That'd change everything.
Mr. Lee, we only have two and a half hours left before the hearing.
The address is...
By chance,
if you have his phone number...
Hello?
Mr. Lee Eun Yul?
Manager Kim.
He went to see Chairwoman.
Please call the building office and
check if there's Park Man Shim who works in the basement.
Yes.
Prosecutor Bae.
Long time no see.
- Have you been well? - Yes, going well.
You got even prettier.
Thank you.
Prosecutor Choi is inside, right?
He said he's running a bit late today.
Is that so?
He was giving me an urgent document today.
Should I give him a call?
It's okay, I'll call him.
Why don't you wait for him in the office then?
- Should I? - Would you like something to drink?
Do you have ssanghwatang?
We don't have ssanghwatang. But we have coffee.
That's okay. Get back to it.
Okay.
Where did he go?
- Excuse me. - Yes?
Prosecutor Choi told me to just take it.
But his drawer is locked.
I'll find it if you tell me what it is.
It's okay, you're busy.
You have the key, right?
[ Eunsung Building ]
[ Address: 23-36, Sungshinro, Deokyanggu, Goyang City, Gyeonggi ]
Yes, is this Eunsung Building?
Is there Park Man Shim who works there?
[ Investigation report ]
[ Complaint ]
[ Proof ]
Yes, Inspector Lee.
They said no one named Park Man Shim works there.
What?
I'm sorry. I'll make sure to contact you next time.
The situation changed at the last minute.
My apologies.
I'm sorry, take care.
I'll be in contact.
Aigoo. I'm sorry, Reporter Choi.
The situation changed at the last minute.
Well, I'm sorry.
I'll make sure to contact you next time.
Is there Park Man Shim in the basement of this building?
I just told you over the phone.
There's no office in the basement here.
Only a restaurant and a small grocery store.
Hello.
Is there someone named Park Man Shim here?
Is there someone named Park Man Shim here by chance?
Yes.
Why did you break the promise?
What do you mean?
Why is the hearing being held privately?
No, I think you're mistaken...
Someone called and told me that it'd be private.
Pardon?
If you don't publicize it as planned,
I'll withdraw this appeal.
- Think carefully. - Well...
You came back early.
Yes, it ended sooner than I thought.
- Prosecutor Bae is here. - What?
You bastard...
Hey, hey! Bae Hong Tae!
Hey, Bae Hong Tae!
Geez...
Yes, Inspector Lee.
Could you send me So Ji Hye's phone number and address?
- Yes, right now. - Yes, just one second.
Yes.
010...
8184...
The customer is not answering the phone. You'll be connected to the voicemail.
The customer is not answering the phone...
How come no one's answering?
S***...
The customer is not answering the phone...
Mr. Lee Eun Yul, please give me a call.
I couldn't find Park Man Shim.
Are you sure the address is correct?
Please text me if you can't call.
Yes.
Inspector Han, where are you?
I stepped out to figure out something.
Where did you go without telling me?
Don't you know the hearing starts at two?
I do. I called you many times.
By the way,
what does it mean the hearing will be held privately?
Yes, it changed. It was Chairwoman's order.
So Ji Hye just called me.
She said she'll withdraw the appeal if it's held privately.
What are you talking about right now?
Don't be silly and come back.
What time can you be here by?
Hello?
Seriously!
I can't sleep because of the noise.
This is Inspector Bae Hong Tae from the HRC.
[ 10 missed calls ] Please call me ASAP.
Yes, this is So Ji Hye.
You called me.
Yes, where are you right now?
I just left the house to go to the HRC office.
Do you happen to have
a copy of Kang Yoon Oh's investigation report?
Pardon?
When the employees come to work,
I'm supposed to get out of the way and hide somewhere.
I didn't even have a place to rest before.
But I can at least take a nap in the storage you just saw.
I'm thankful for that.
Yes.
When I heard someone from the government is coming,
I thought it'd be a man.
So what are you investigating?
The situation surrounding Lee Eun Yul whom you met yesterday.
Do you remember?
Yes, I remember roughly.
I fell asleep after finishing cleaning late at night.
It was very noisy outside.
No one's normally there at that hour.
So I peeped through the door because I was surprised.
I think two men and a woman were fighting.
They were making such a racket.
It wasn't just one man?
What do you mean?
I said there were two men.
One of the men was
smoking like crazy.
His voice was very raspy.
Anyway, that man
threatened the other two to behave.
And that woman asked, "Since when have you been following me?"
"Who are you and who do you work for?"
She yelled at that man like that.
The man laughed and said,
"It's safer not to know."
I think the woman's boyfriend died.
I think he took something before he died.
He said, "You'd end up like him if you don't give it to me."
And he left like that.
The left turn is coming up soon.
Why isn't she answering?
Why wouldn't she answer?
Seriously...
What happened afterward?
Afterward?
Well, the lady won't stop crying.
I had to go to sleep.
So I went outside and yelled at her.
I said, "Cry outside!"
I had to say something.
When you went outside,
did Lee Eun Yul do something strange by chance?
What do you mean, something strange?
For example,
did he put his hand in her skirt?
Aigoo.
What in the world are you talking about?
It wasn't that kind of situation.
I see.
By the way, what did those two do?
Are you okay?
Get off.
So Ji Hye.
Aigoo, silly me.
Miss.
That man from yesterday told me to give this to you.
I totally forgot.
I see. Thank you.
What happened anyway?
So you met with the old lady.
I wasn't sure if you'd go there or not.
Where are you right now?
I'm about to attend the hearing.
I'm sorry.
You called many times.
This appeal isn't about sexual assault, is it?
Explain what's going on right now!
I think the one who's next to me should answer instead.
Don't avoid the question and tell me the truth.
Was there a sexual assault or not?
This is So Ji Hye.
I was never sexually assaulted by Lee Eun Yul.
There wasn't any sexual assault to begin with.
What did you say?
What are you people doing right now?
I'm sorry.
I'll apologize to you in person
on my knees sometime.
But please hear me out right now.
Everything started when
Yoon Ho posted the video game he made
on the union's online bulletin board.
While working for the union, Yoon Oh liked to
announce policies through video games or webtoon
and communicate with the union members on social media.
That made him very popular among the young union members
and he was about to be elected as the next branch manager.
But the chairman saw the video game Yoon Oh created
and he got angry at the union executives for that.
And shortly afterward,
a strange rumor spread in the company.
They said Yoon Oh embezzled the union's membership fee.
Yoon Oh said it was the rent money he borrowed from his brother,
but the union members didn't believe him.
And no one could believe the union executives anymore.
Yoon Oh thought he might affect
the wage negotiation and workflow.
So he decided to resign as a union member.
And as if they were waiting,
the company transferred Yoon Oh from the HQ
to a supply management team outside of Seoul.
They made him put an empty desk
in the empty hallway and sit there all day.
Director Lee Eun Yul
told Yoon Oh that the union should fight back for him,
but he insisted that he's okay.
He didn't want to burden the union.
I guess the company couldn't fire Yoon Oh since he was a union member.
So they leaked information about him instead.
And unbelievable things started happening.
The ones who got the information spied on Yoon Oh.
But they weren't from the company.
They couldn't have spied on him and pressured him like that
unless they worked for the government.
You're Kang Yoon Oh, right?
Your sister is very beautiful.
Does she like living in China?
His sister runs a business in China
and she met with Yoon Oh in Korea for the first time in six years.
How do you think those people knew about that?
And how do you think Yoon Oh felt
when he heard stuff like that?
When Yoon Oh's mother was fired from the supermarket with no reason
where she worked for 13 years,
how do you think Yoon Oh felt?
Since Yoon Oh refused to quit after all that,
the company's legal team
sued Yoon Oh for the video game
for spreading false information and slandering.
They threatened him by saying they'll ask for damages.
I'm Kang Yoon Oh.
Thanks in advance for the cooperation.
Yes.
Yoon Oh was interrogated by the police and the prosecution six times.
At first,
they only asked questions about the video game.
But they ended up accusing him of embezzlement as well.
I said I get it!
I get it. Hey...
Come on.
Hey. Hey!
You bastard. Answer the question.
When it was revealed that it was indeed the rent money from his sister,
they did a tax investigation on her small business.
[ Government authority ]
Even though it was an obvious mistake in bookkeeping,
they sued her for tax evasion.
Yoon Oh was finally released after they summoned
his sister from China for
a cross-examination.
But that wasn't the end.
Yoon Oh!
Whenever I visited him,
Yoon Oh told me not to come by
and stay away from him.
All he did was yell at me.
Yoon Oh.
He couldn't understand anything I said.
Yoon Oh.
And he gradually lost his mind.
Leave.
Leave!
Don't ever come back!
Don't come near me!
One day, I ended up barging in
because I was worried.
Yoon Oh came out and covered my mouth and said...
They're listening to us.
They tapped my phone too.
He said they're listening to everything.
It's hard to believe, isn't it?
I couldn't believe at first either.
That's how they are.
They let you know intentionally
that they're listening.
They make sure that
you know you're being watched.
Do you wonder who they are?
The result of the lawsuit and
the amount of the claim
was completely incomprehensible.
And that's how Yoon Oh died.
Two days after Yoon Oh died, I received a package.
- You're So Ji Hye, right? - Yes.
It was from Yoon Oh.
In there, there was his diary
and a copy of the investigation report regarding sladering.
The copy of the investigation report included
the official letter ordering an investigation on him
and their spying activity report
written by the organization the company hired.
It was the kind of information
you can only get by wiretapping and tailing.
Director Lee Eun Yul and I
decided to let the world know what Yoon Oh went through,
but...
we got so scared when we realized we might end up
just like Yoon Oh.
The scariest thing was
that there's no place on earth
the company can't reach.
I apologize for my foolish behavior.
I'll step down from any kind of political activities
and my job as the mayor.
It's just that our inspectors investigated
without letting anyone interfere.
Then I heard about the mayor's sexual harassment case on the news.
I didn't think the HRC would
make the mayor resign for something
that would've gone unnoticed.
And I thought that was it.
I decided to just file and appeal first.
And I thought of one person who could help us.
It was Park Man Shim.
I suggested we file a false appeal to the Human Rights Commission.
If there's no one to protect us,
I thought we should show ourselves
and put the camera
and the microphone in front of us.
I suggested revealing what happened to him.
Director Lee was against this plan,
but I persuaded him.
I'll make sure to take responsibility if I have to
for filing a false appeal.
I guess it's time.
We'll get going now.
Of course, it's up to you to decide whether
you'll report what I just told you.
We won't blame you even if you decide not to.
Although the hearing will be held privately,
we'll still say what we planned to say today.
They say the world has changed,
but nothing has changed for us.
Yes?
I'm Inspector Han Yoon Seo who's in charge of
Taewoon Union's sexual assault case.
Are you ready to go?
Chairwoman.
Please let us publicize the committee hearing.
I told Manager Kim that we shouldn't.
I'm aware.
But this hearing...
needs to be publicized no matter what.
If it doesn't become publicized,
the Human Rights Commission would be ignoring our duty.
I remember what you said the first day you joined the HRC.
"Everyone is entitled to their human rights
and the country is obligated to protect them."
Today's hearing is about those two's human rights... No.
It's about all of our human rights.
I'm giving you this now because
I might change my mind later.
What is it?
It's the evidence to prove that this appeal was forced.
What's taking so long?
What's going on?
We'll begin now.
Inspector Han Yoon Seo, please take a seat immediately.
Inspector.
Please start the briefing.
There's a way to stop the hearing.
I could say that there's an emergency
and send the press away.
And I could tell the chairman about what happened today.
Everyone would be shocked, annoyed,
and get angry at first,
but if they knew the reality of this case,
they'd understand right away.
The hearing will be held privately again
and the case would be dismissed.
Doing that might be the most
reasonable thing to do right now.
Han Yoon Seo, what's wrong?
An inspector's job is to reveal the truth.
Therefore, it's also an inspector's job to let the world know
about what I learned just now.
It might be nerve-wrecking
and scary.
And I might regret this decision,
but thinking about the ones who must've been even more scared,
I shouldn't do this now.
Inspector?
The members of the committee are waiting right now.
Please start the briefing.
Case No. 19.
Appeal No. 21036.
I'll brief you on Taewoon Union's sexual assault case.
I'm...
Inspector Han Yoon Seo, who is in charge of
the investigation of this appeal.
Before I start, I'd like to change the title of the appeal to
"Taewoon Group’s spying and pressuring
on a union member with the help from a governmental authority."
♪ The moment I first met you ♪
♪ You were just a little girl ♪
Thanks in advance.
Please reveal the truth of my sister's death.
Doctor! Doctor!
The court found him guilty solely based on the testimony.
I'm Attorney Oh Tae Moon.
He coerced Ji Soon Gu to confess...
Hold on. Is there evidence that the officer coerced him?
Or is that just your assumption?
He used coercion and...
No one would believe me.
But why did you say that Na Dae Shik brought a knife?
Did the detectives force you to say that too?
Yes.
[ The Running Mates: Human Rights ]