Distrust of police is deepening over the premature closure of multiple missing person cases on Jeju Island, raising questions about the force's readiness to take full control of criminal investigations. President Lee Jae Myung ordered the creation of a government body in charge of measures to reform the police on Tuesday, a day after police found a body believed to be Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old woman missing for months. The case sparked controversy after it emerged that a police officer had closed it without confirming her whereabouts. Police said Tuesday they had removed all four officers in the chain of command at Jeju Seobu Police Station from their duties pending an investigation. “The recent breakdown in police discipline and irresponsibility in public safety matters have become serious problems,” Lee said during a Cabinet meeting, adding that police are likely to wield more power than any other state institution and that the public concern is significant. Distrust in police investigations surged in July after investigators found that the father of Jang Yoon-gi, a suspect in the