A senior police inspector with the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency has been referred to prosecutors after entering a women's restroom while intoxicated.
According to the Gwangju Seo-gu Police Station, officers on Tuesday referred the inspector, identified only as A, to prosecutors without detention on charges of unlawful entry into a public facility for sexual purposes under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes.
A is accused of entering a women's restroom at a restaurant in Dongcheon-dong, Seo-gu, at around 9 p.m. on July 10.
A has denied the charges, claiming he entered the restroom by mistake while drunk.
The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency, which has already relieved A of his duties, plans to proceed with disciplinary action after prosecutors decide how to handle the case.
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