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During the interrogation, Ha Ideun's knowledge of the bag's location and his meeting with Kim raise further suspicions.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Mad Place Chapter 12 follows the investigation around Ha Ideun expanding into human trafficking with the ledger found in victim Kim Jintaek's bag. The detective explains that the names in the ledger belong to missing homeless people, and at least 15 victims have been drugged with a new drug and sold over two years. During the interrogation, Ha Ideun's knowledge of the bag's location and his meeting with Kim raise further suspicions.","key_events":["Decision made to form special team to review Yongsan missing reports from last two years.","Detective suspects Ha Ideun and victim were not mere acquaintances but worked together.","Ledger found in victim's bag with gun and drugs; names identified as missing persons.","Ha Ideun questioned about drug test, bag location, and knowing its drug contents.","Revealed victim drugged vulnerable people with new drug and sold them for trafficking for two years.","Young detective assigned to watch Ha Ideun until prosecutor returns."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I'LL CALL YOU ONCE WE HAVE THE RESULTS.\nOKAY.\n\nEpisode 12\nWHAT...?\nHE DID WHAT...?\nHUMAN... TRAFFICKING?\n\nSO YOU MEAN...!!\nHA IDEUN WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL?!\nNO, NO...\nHUH?\nTHEN WHO?!\nTHE VICTIM, KIM JINTAEK.\n?!\nHE'S BEHIND THE DEATHS... NO, I MEAN-\nTHE SERIAL MURDERS, OF THE MISSING HOMELESS PEOPLE.\nWHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU SAYING, DETECTIVE?!\nIN THE BAG... WITH THE WEAPON AND THE DRUGS...\nNOT HIM.\n\nWE FOUND KIM'S ACCOUNT BOOK.\nAT FIRST, WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE RECORD OF THE DRUG DEALS HE'D MADE...\nAND WHEN WE RAN THE NAMES THROUGH THE DATABASE, IT SAID THEY WERE ALL MISSING.\nSearch result: MISSING\nTHE NAMES OF THE MISSING PEOPLE, NEXT TO THE DATES AND THE PRICE...\nKim Juhyun Park Sungwan Seoul Station\n...THAT PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL.\nWE QUICKLY RAN THE NAMES AND IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 15 VICTIMS.\n15+ missing\n2 years\nSINCE THE EARLIEST MISSING PERSONS REPORT WAS FILED OVER A YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS AGO...\nWE THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS SINCE HE GOT INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING.\nBUT IT WASN'T THAT.\n\nA YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS AGO? THEN WHY TWO YEARS...?\nAND THE CASE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WITH THE OTHER MISSING VICTIMS.\nIT'S A COMMON PATTERN.\nHE PROBABLY DELIBERATELY CHOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY TIES SO NO ONE WOULD NOTICE THEY WENT MISSING...\n...USED THE NEW DRUG TO KNOCK THEM OUT AND SELL THEM OFF.\nBUT DUE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS, MORE PEOPLE ENDED UP DEAD.\nANYWAY...\nWE'LL HAVE A TASK FORCE LOOK INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY.\nI KNOW IT'S UNRELATED TO YOUR CASE, BUT THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU THIS...\n...ISN'T JUST BECAUSE IT'S NEW INFO ON THE VICTIM...\nOBVIOUSLY, THE RENT WAS PILING UP... SO THEY REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE.\nBECAUSE IT WAS THE LANDLORD, NOT A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND.\n\n...BUT BECAUSE WE'LL NEED TO BRING HIM IN ONE OF THESE DAYS...\n...HA IDEUN, I MEAN.\nWHAT'S THE MATTER?\nTHEY FOUND THE BAG...\nWHERE YOU SAID IT WOULD BE.\n\nI WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.\nSEE? I TOLD YOU I DON'T LIE.\nYOU KNEW WHAT WAS IN IT, DIDN'T YOU?\nDRUGS, RIGHT?\nWHICH IS WHY THEY CALLED ME IN FOR A DRUG TEST.\nTHEN...\n...DID YOU ALSO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE FOR?\nTHAT'S GOOD NEWS, RIGHT?\nYOU...\n\nWHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH KIM JINTAEK?\nRELATIONSHIP?\nWHY DID HE AGREE TO MEET YOU THAT DAY...\nWITH A BAG FULL OF THOSE DRUGS?!!\nDEALERS...\n...DON'T USUALLY CARRY AROUND A BAG FULL OF DRUGS WITH THEM.\n\nDUE TO THE RISK OF LOSING IT OR GETTING CAUGHT IN A STING OPERATION.\nNOR DO THEY JUST HAND IT OFF TO SOMEONE ELSE, KNOWING IT HAS GRAVE SIDE EFFECTS...\n...USED THE NEW DRUG TO KNOCK THEM OUT AND SELL THEM OFF.\n...FOR THE FEAR OF ATTRACTING THE POLICE'S ATTENTION AND LOSING THEIR CREDIBILITY.\nAND DESPITE THESE RISKS, KIM SHOWED UP THAT DAY, WITH THE BAG, TO MEET HA IDEUN.\nTHEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REGULAR ACQUAINTANCES.\nBUT DUE TO THE SIDE EFFECTS, MORE PEOPLE ENDED UP DEAD.\n\nTHEY MUST'VE KNOWN THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVED. DID THEY WORK TOGETHER?\nIT'D BE A RELIEF IF IT WAS JUST FOR THE DRUGS.\nBUT IF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE TRAFFICKING... NOTHING COULD BE WORSE.\nWHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN...?\nSO, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I MET UP WITH KIM JINTAEK?\nIS THAT IT?\nIF THE POLICE HADN'T CAUGHT HIM...\nOR IF I HADN'T AGREED TO HIS PROPOSAL?\nWELL THEN.\nWHO KNOWS WHAT...\n...HE WOULD'VE DONE BY NOW?\nYOU KNOW THE RULES.\n\n...APPALLING.\nHELLO THERE, MR. GU.\n\nAH, IT'S THE YOUNGEST DETECTIVE...\n\n...IS HE PISSED?\nWHAT?\nWHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TODAY, DETECTIVE?\nI WAS TOLD TO WATCH OVER YOU UNTIL PROSECUTOR GU GOT BACK.\nIT'S QUITE RARE, BUT SOME TEND TO HARM THEMSELVES AFTER A DRUG TEST, SO...\nOH, REALLY? LIKE FROM WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS?\nMORE LIKE TRYING TO WIGGLE OUT OF THE INVESTIGATION...\nLIKE A SCAM...\nWHICH I HOPE WON'T CONCERN YOU...\nWILL IT, MR. HA?\nME? I WOULD NEVER HURT MYSELF.\nDO PEOPLE REALLY DO THAT?\nANYWAY, I GUESS YOU'RE STUCK HERE FOR A WHILE...\nTILL MR. GU COMES BACK.\nWHAT TIME DOES HE GET OFF USUALLY?\nHE USUALLY WORKS FROM DAWN TILL LATE NIGHT.\nSO, PROBABLY IN ABOUT 15 HOURS FROM NOW.\n\nT-THAT LONG...?!!\nNOT THAT IT'S A PROBLEM...\nI MAY BE A NEWBIE, BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY WORKED OVER- NIGHTS...\nHE EVEN GAVE HIM HIS DOOR LOCK CODE?\nWELL THEN, EXCUSE ME-\nACTUALLY, DETECTIVE.\nYES?\n\nSINCE THE PROSECUTOR'S NOT COMING BACK ANYTIME SOON...\n...COULD YOU PLEASE...\n...CALL THE DRY CLEANERS FOR ME?\nOFFICER, I NEED YOU TO PRINT TWO COPIES OF THE FILE NAMED \"KIM JINTAEK ACCOUNTS\" IN THIS FLASH DRIVE...\nAS WELL AS THE LIST OF ALL THE MISSING PEOPLE REPORTED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THE YONGSAN DISTRICT.\nTHE CHIEF AND I WILL LOOK THROUGH THE LIST OF PENSION, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND LONG- TERM TAX DEFAULTERS TO SEE WHO WE CAN CALL.\n\nI SHOULD START LOOKING WHERE I CAN INSTEAD OF JUST WAITING...\nMAYBE I'LL FIND THE LINK BETWEEN HA IDEUN AND KIM JINTAEK-\nWHAT? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?\nAH, WAS IT... FROM EARLIER-\n\nHE GETS ON MY NERVES EVEN WHEN HE'S NOT AROUND...\nTo be continued","bubble_count":121,"pages_count":17,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Mad Place Chapter 12 follows the investigation around Ha Ideun expanding into human trafficking with the ledger found in victim Kim Jintaek's bag.","spoiler_summary":"Mad Place Chapter 12 follows the investigation around Ha Ideun expanding into human trafficking with the ledger found in victim Kim Jintaek's bag. The detective explains that the names in the ledger belong to missing homeless people, and at least 15 victims have been drugged with a new drug and sold over two years. During the interrogation, Ha Ideun's knowledge of the bag's location and his meeting with Kim raise further suspicions."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/mad-place-unopujoe/chapter-12-gz54f4","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Mad Place #12","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T02:45:47.539Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/mad-place-unopujoe"}}