Original article.

A police officer has resigned after an internal investigation opened after he was accused of secretly filming the private parts of a female officer who worked with him.

The Seocho Police Station in Seoul announced that Sergeant B voluntarily resigned after becoming the subject of an investigation accusing him of installing a hidden camera in the seat of a female officer.

The incident began when officer A discovered a digital camera underneath her desk in February. Officer A searched for the owner of the camera and began to suspect Sgt B, who sat next to her.

Sgt B claimed “the camera must have fallen there accidentally,” and after closer questioning he said, “It was just a joke. There was no video.”

Learning of this, officer A was unsure of what to do and told another female officer, and their superiors were quickly informed.

The internal investigation began on April 8, two months since the incident began.

Sgt B, at the center of the scandal, resigned two days later and sent the resignation letter to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on April 15.

Sgt B will receive severance pay because he was not punished or fired.

A member of the Seocho Police Station said, “At the time the camera’s battery was dead, and there were no videos or photos stored in it… I understand that because it could harm his ethical reputation as a police officer, he resigned.”

But it has not been confirmed whether Sgt B did in fact use a hidden camera to film officer A.