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Partners for Justice Season 2

The characters, institutions, place names, and incidents in this drama are all fictional.

Look at Jo Han-su.

You'd better not underestimate him because he's mentally ill.

You're under arrest for parricide and abandoning the body.

How about we disclose the culprit's identity?

The Committee will open a meeting in the morning,

to discuss whether we'll disclose Jo Han-su's identity.

Dr. Baek, what are you doing?

This is Ma Gil-ja's liver.

Can you give us the autopsy report after you're done with that?

They're holding a committee to decide the disclosure of Jo Han-su's identity.

Hello, this is Yang Soo-dong.

Yes, okay.

Do you have the result?

Breaking news.

The committee decided to disclose the identity of the suspect...

in the Majung-dong parricide case, based on the prevention of repeat offenses,

the people's right to know, and for the public interest.

They decided to reveal the face, real name, and age...

of Jo Han-su, the suspect.

There he is.

Move!

- Get out, you jerk! - Murderer!

- Here he comes! - There he is.

- What was your motive? - Was it premeditated?

Do you often feel the urge to kill? Please answer loudly!

Did you visit your sister to kill her?

Shut up! Why are you doing this to me?

Enough!

Coming through!

Ms. Eun, his identity has just been revealed.

The Suspect Jo Han-su's Personal Information is Revealed

Right. Thank you.

By the way, why did you cut the liver earlier?

You must have your reasons.

What's important is...

- there was nothing. - Pardon?

What are you talking about?

If you want to know, get Ma Gil-ja's medical records.

- Medical records? - Don't miss a thing.

You know what? Ms. Ma Gil-ja was born in 1948.

We can't get medical records for half a century.

It's urgent.

I thought he'd be able to find something.

I have a feeling that this will come back to haunt us.

Goodness.

Jo Hee-jin

- Hello. - Ms. Eun.

A crazy person is still a person.

Ms. Jo Hee-jin.

Han-su will spend his entire life in a mental asylum,

but what about me?

And his son, Dong-woo?

He's only 9.

Our information will be revealed in no time.

Gangdong Police Station will set up a team to protect the suspect's family members.

That won't prevent our information from being revealed.

How are we supposed to live?

You're the one who solved this case.

Is there anything you want to say?

I don't know.

I did what I had to do as a prosecutor.

I feel rewarded enough seeing people feeling safe again.

I heard that the process of catching him was rather unusual.

You, the head prosecutor,

took the lead on this arrest operation yourself.

I want to give credit to the people from the police and prosecution.

All I did was...

predict the escape route of the suspect...

He finally hit the jackpot after all that fuss.

And that made the arrest more effective.

Look at him. He's on cloud nine.

Do you have the results of Ms. Ma Gil-ja's skin swab analysis?

What's this? Have you been drinking?

I found soju on Ms. Ma Gil-ja's skin.

All over her body.

Soju?

I checked all the different brands.

What's the percentage?

This is it.

Exactly. That's it.

How do you know?

Why did you analyze them one by one?

Next time, ask me.

By the way, Dr. Baek.

Why was she covered with soju?

Let's have another emergency analysis.

Indictment The Accused: Jo Han-su

Mr. Doh, are you still working on the indictment paper?

Hey.

How about Ms. Ma Gil-ja's autopsy report?

There was nothing.

But that's what's important, he says.

What do you mean?

Who knows what Dr. Baek thinks? Grumpy Beom.

What about the on-the-spot inspection?

No surprises there. It didn't go well.

- I couldn't do anything. - I guess.

Jo Han-su seems to have a difficult time communicating.

I can see he's not verbally clear,

but he doesn't show any emotion at all.

He doesn't understand the reality he's in right now.

Jo Han-su's Personal Info is Revealed

How can we hold someone like him responsible for such a crime?

So what?

You're not even writing the indictment paper?

- Hello, Mr. Noh. - That jerk, Jo Han-su.

He's eating well and sleeping well in the detention cell.

While knowing that, you're still hesitating?

Hand this case over to Dae-cheol, and you two stay out of it.

Let's focus on public welfare and current issues, okay?

Hello, Ms. Eun.

We made a request with the National Health Insurance Service...

for Ms. Ma Gil-ja's 72 years worth of medical records and other information.

Look.

It's endless.

By the way, if we listen to Grumpy Beom, can we get something?

Think about all time we've wasted, thanks to Grumpy Beom.

Mr. Kang, my lower back still hurts at night,

but let's not give up. Okay?

Can we send it to the NFS by noon tomorrow?

Should we hire a motorcycle courier service?

The NFS? I'll go.

Do you think you can carry them all?

It could be several boxes.

I can do it. I'm good at this.

National Forensic Service

These are Ms. Ma Gil-ja's medical records.

All 72 years' worth.

This is too much.

Find all the surgery records.

- Surgery records? There are too many. - It's urgent.

By the way,

isn't this is the kind of job Ms. Han does?

She does, but she's out.

Mr. Kang.

Can you give me a hand until Su-yeon comes?

Hey! This is too much.

They look really important.

May I help you?

What about the test results? They're not back yet?

I even used an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer,

- and I'm... - Good. Give it to me.

Awesome, isn't it?

We can check one more thing.

What? This is more than enough.

You know what? Darn it.

When is Ms. Han coming?

I don't know. She'll come.

- Hurry up. - Okay.

This is useless.

Most of them are useless.

Dr. Baek, this too much.

We checked up to the 1988 Olympic Games.

- Bingo. - What? What is it?

- I found it. - You found what?

This is what I found. What about it?

Dr. Baek, is this...?

Plus this one.

This is terrible.

What do you mean? Things will start getting interesting.

What's interesting? Tell me. What are you talking about?

- Double-check with the hospital. - Yes.

Sally, run another target-testing.

- You don't trust me? - I do.

So run it one more time.

Dr. Baek?

They act like I'm not even here.

What the heck is going on?

Component Analysis Report

Are you sure about this?

I ran the test twice.

We double-checked the medical records with the hospital.

But the suspect's personal information has already been revealed.

Mr. Park, if we send this report, there'd be a lot of turmoil.

They'll blame the NFS for not finding out sooner.

What are we going to do then?

Be thorough.

One more thing. Make sure that this isn't leaked.

I will.

You should notify the related departments by phone.

I should.

Dr. Baek, you're sure about this, right?

How many times do I have to answer?

- You saw it yourself. - Yes, I did.

I saw it all.

Why didn't you find out sooner?

I feel bad for these guys.

ID Determined to be Revealed Matricide Jo Han-su

You owe me one, sir.

Gosh. Don't flatter yourself.

You're right. I owe you one.

You extended your life a little longer.

It's been a while...

since I had a lunch meeting with the Prosecutor General alone.

Didn't I tell you I'd turn the tables?

Hang on. Don't you think this tie is crooked?

Sir, Director Park Jung-ho from the NFS is on the phone.

- He said it's urgent. - What? Urgent?

Put him through.

- Mr. Noh, this is Park Jung-ho. - Hello, Mr. Park.

The autopsy report is running late again.

There's no hurry. Take your time.

I have an important lunch meeting with the Prosecutor General.

- This isn't the time. - Pardon?

What is it?

Hi. How are you?

Hello, Mr. Gal.

Thank you for your hard work.

You guys are something. It was another learning experience.

We're doing our best.

Mr. Park.

It's been only one day since we revealed Jo Han-su's personal info.

Your timing couldn't be any worse.

As a fellow civil-service worker, I feel resentful.

This is Dr. Baek Beom's personal opinion, right?

When he acts alone like this,

you should rein him in.

What do you mean?

He did his job as a medical examiner.

Mr. Ma, what were you doing?

This isn't the first time Dr. Baek has pulled a stunt like this.

You should stop him when things like this happen.

I'm disappointed.

That's why I checked the test data...

and analysis results myself,

As the head of the Forensic Department, who's seen thousands of autopsy results...

while working for 13 years in the NFS,

I agree with Dr. Baek 100% on this case.

What? Hang on. Dr. Ma.

Are you the same Ma Do-nam I knew?

You seem awfully inconsistent today.

Mr. Gal!

When it comes to the autopsy report,

the opinion of the medical examiner...

who did the autopsy takes precedence over all the other people.

All the medical examiners are equal...

as fellow scientists and doctors,

and we all conduct autopsies following our conscience.

This might hit the NFS hard too.

Are you really that confident?

Dr. Park.

Why am I doing the press conference?

Then who else?

You do it. This is your job, and you love cameras.

You know what? Let's just call the whole thing off.

You should do this press conference, Dr. Baek.

This is ridiculous.

Dr. Baek. Dr. Baek? Can we talk, please?

Can we please talk? Come on.

Forensic Examiner Dr. Baek Beom. You must be tired.

You look awful. Did you stay up all night?

I'm sorry to disappoint you,

but there's this phrase you always use in the NFS.

"You can't determine the COD with only autopsy results."

Why don't you use it again this time?

I'll take care of the rest.

Jo Han-su won't go to jail.

The government will send him to a mental asylum.

I'm trying to make everyone's life easy here.

Why are you being so uncooperative?

I guess you're not comfortable...

giving a briefing at the press conference.

Let's just bury the whole thing.

- This is frustrating. - Frustrating, right?

See? You feel burdened, don't you?

Let's be friends, okay?

It'd help you if I were your friend.

Okay?

Sally, you do the press conference.

Roger. I'll brief them on my test results.

I want you to do the whole thing.

No way. Let's do it together.

You're the sniper, and I'm the spotter.

Hey.

Spotter: Sniper's supporting wind-direction checker

Listen, Dr. Baek.

Do you think I'm being nice because you're a big shot?

- I'm busy. Move. - Hey! Hang on.

You're getting on my nerves.

Hey! Baek, do you think you're better than me?

- What? - I'm a Korean head prosecutor.

- I can find dirt on you if I must. - Get out. Do it outside. I said, get out!

Who do you think you are? Are you better than me?

Are you a god of autopsies or something?

- Isn't this Mr. Gal's voice? - I think it is.

I think Mr. Gal is furious and going at it with him.

Excuse me.

Give me a break this once.

I'm about to lose my job...

Get him out of here.

He makes me blush. Gosh.

- Let's go. - Yes.

12. Proof of Guilt

Direct evidence that connects the suspect and the culprit

Before we start,

I want to pay respect to the deceased.

To give you a briefing...

about the autopsy results, Dr. Baek Beom, the forensic examiner...

who did the autopsy on Ms. Ma Gil-ja, the victim,

and Kim Sally, a researcher,

who did the toxicology screening, are here with us.

This is my opinion after examining...

the stab and cut wounds and the murder weapon...

that identified Mr. Jo as the culprit.

This is a picture of the wound...

that was considered as the major cause of death.

This morning, the NFS discovered...

that this wound...

wasn't the cause of death after all.

I thought that was the most deadly.

Deep grudge, was it?

That's what Dr. Ma said.

Well,

that was the case, statistically speaking.

What are you talking about?

If that's not the cause of death, what is it then?

Could you please elaborate?

We found out that the victim had had a thyroidectomy 35 years ago.

Let me untie it.

That surgery mark burst due to decomposition.

I brought him all the medical records from the hospital,

and went through them all myself.

I did it.

My eyes were so dry, but now they're fine. I can even blink now.

- Is that right? - Yes.

I had to do it too. You didn't do it by yourself.

I'm saying I had to do more than you.

Also, skin that's been opened once,

has weaker cell combination power.

When there's gas due to decomposition, it bursts first.

Presumably a wound by a sharp object.

That was mistaken as a stab and cut wound.

The gas produced by decomposition can be that powerful?

Yes. For example,

if you bury a body under a cement floor,

the decomposition gas can break that cement.

It's quite powerful.

That's just her neck,

but there were five stab and cut wounds on her stomach.

How can you explain that?

Let's take a look at those wounds on her stomach.

Of these stab and cut wounds,

something that can be lethal...

is this one on the top right.

Right here.

If someone stabbed this part with the attempt of killing her,

he would've pierced her liver.

To find out the damage of the victim's liver,

I cut the liver and examined the section,

and found out that...

there's no damage to the organs or blood vessels.

None of the stab and cut wounds on her stomach were lethal.

That explains it.

He said, "What's important is there's nothing."

Are you 100% certain?

Multiple stabs could've killed her.

That's impossible.

I'll explain why that's impossible.

I did target-testing twice on the knife...

that was supposedly used for the crime.

I found hydrogen sulfide gas and ammonia gas.

They're produced during decomposition.

Why were those gases found on the knife?

This is a picture taken from a different angle.

A corpse that's been decomposed to this degree...

should have a distended stomach full of gasses.

As you can see, her stomach is flat.

Those stab and cut wounds let those gases out.

Are you saying that the kitchen knife wasn't the murder weapon?

Yes, the wounds in her stomach were made post mortem...

to let the gasses out.

They had nothing to do with the cause of death.

After checking the stab and cut wounds with the naked eye,

and getting the fingerprint results from the knife,

we couldn't find any evidence that Mr. Jo,

the alleged suspect, was the killer.

That's the conclusion that the NFS came to with this morning...

after a thorough analysis of the results.

Then what's the cause of death?

Are you saying it was natural?

Most of her internal organs are severely damaged...

due to decomposition,

so we haven't determined the cause of death yet.

- Thank you. - Hang on.

I want to ask you one last question.

Then why on earth did Mr. Jo Han-su do such a thing to his own mother's corpse?

The answer...

Zoom in on the fingernails and toenails.

It lies with these fingernails and toenails.

With the fingernails and toenails fallen off due to decomposition,

it's almost impossible to know when they fell off.

The fact that they're all here means...

he visited her every day.

We found traces of soju over her entire body.

In other words, Mr. Jo Han-su released the gas from the corpse,

wiped it and cleaned it with soju,

and collected her fingernails and toenails.

This is a kind of a nursing practice that a child would do...

for a sick parent, in this case, his mother.

No further comments.

- Sniping! You did great. - Don't make me do that again.

That means Jo Han-su wasn't the killer.

This is a huge mess, for crying out loud.

Autopsy Result Goes Against Prosecution Investigation

Hasty Decision to Reveal Personal Info Who Will Be Held Responsible?

After the NFS briefing,

the suspect, Jo, has been cleared of the murder charge.

The Eastern DPO, who revealed his personal info in a hurry, can't escape responsibility.

Seong-ju, what are we going to do now?

I'm sleep deprived. I can't think clearly.

- I'm off now. - Go home and get some rest.

Mr. Jo Han-su's off the hook,

but we still haven't come to a conclusion on the cause of Ms. Ma Gil-ja's death.

What do we have to tell the bereaved?

Administrative Welfare Center

- I'm here to report a death. - I'll be right with you.

But the date of death column is blank. You need to fill it in.

Well,

I don't have the autopsy report yet.

Autopsy?

Ms. Ma Gil-ja.

Is this the one...?

Are you her daughter?

- Yes. - Hang on. Let me see.

Do you know if she passed away before the 20th of last month?

I guess so.

We found her on the 25th.

She was already severely decomposed.

This is strange. There must've been a mistake.

What? What do you mean?

She received her living subsidy on the 20th of every month.

Money must've been wired to her account after her death.

How much was it?

She received $870.

Ms. Hwang Bong-suk from the Welfare Department is in charge.

- She didn't tell you? - This is news to me.

What are you doing here?

Where's Grandma's bank book?

I don't know. Get out!

Please think.

You know where Grandma keeps her valuables.

Get out of my home!

I need to check her bank book.

- Where is it? - Why?

Now Grandma's dead, so you want her money?

- What? - You abandoned us,

and now you came back after she died?

You little rascal.

It's no wonder why she used you.

Move.

- Get out! - Where is it?

- I said, get out! - I have to find it.

- Don't touch Grandma's stuff. Get out! - Where could it be?

Move!

- Get out! - Where is it?

What's this?

- This is a household account book. - Give it to me.

Bean sprouts, $1.20. Candle, 88 cents.

I can't believe this.

Don't touch it. It's Grandma's.

What's this?

- Move! - Give it to me!

I knew it.

Okay, look!

Go ahead and take a look.

Why? What's this about?

You have to tell me everything you know.

- About what? - You and Grandma were conned.

You must be surprised to be summoned like this.

Ms. Jo Hee-jin here sued you, Ms. Hwang Bong-suk,

for living subsidy fraud and extortion.

Excuse me? Fraud?

What did I do?

Look.

This is the household account book that Ms. Ma was keeping until she died.

Please take a look.

Okay.

As you can see, Ms. Ma Gil-ja, who received...

$870 a month as a living subsidy,

used only $200 a month for her living expenses.

It seems someone was stealing from her.

I couldn't find her bank book either.

Do you have Ms. Ma Gil-ja's bank book...

for her living subsidy?

Gosh. Is that what this is about?

Of course I have that bank book.

I was her legal guardian who took care of her subsidy.

Her legal guardian?

Gil-ja was farsighted,

so she couldn't read her bank book.

Han-su wasn't capable of taking care of it.

So I'm registered as her legal guardian...

in the government office.

This is normal procedure for disabled and elderly people.

Really?

Here.

What's this?

As you can see,

this is the security-camera footage for the ATM...

that captured you taking out the living subsidy that came into...

Ms. Ma Gil-ja's bank account.

As I said, I was her legal guardian.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Look at the date.

June 25th.

You took out the money even after Ms. Ma Gil-ja had passed away.

I can explain.

I wasn't all there at the time.

It slipped my mind that Gil-ja had passed away.

Gil-ja and I agreed on this.

I took out the money and took it to her every month.

I don't think Ms. Ma Gil-ja was on the same page.

Send him in.

Yes, sir.

Dong-woo.

Why aren't you at school?

Why did you bring him here?

Dong-woo, are you okay?

Have you had lunch?

I saw everything.

What do you mean?

You argued with Grandma on my birthday.

Bong-suk.

Can you withdraw $1000?

I have to take Han-su to the hospital.

$1000? What are you talking about?

I don't owe you anything.

I don't have any money.

You said if I saved up the living subsidy,

you'd pay for Dong-woo's college tuition with it.

Can I use some of that?

Goodness.

Why don't you withdraw $1000?

It's okay.

Don't worry.

What happened inside the room?

Did you have a fight over the living subsidy?

Besides, that's the day that Ms. Ma Gil-ja presumably died.

Partners for Justice Season 2