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Lee Calls for Police Reform to Root Out Cover-Ups, Irregularities in Investigations

Summary by The Korea Times
President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday renewed his call for thorough police reform to root out any cover-ups and other irregularities in investigations, as police are set to assume greater investigative authority under the recent revision to the Criminal Procedure Act. The president made the call during a meeting with his key aides at Cheong Wa Dae, a day before the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCIA) is set to launch, along with the Public …

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On the 1st, one day before the launch of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCA), President Lee Jae-myung stated, “Prosecution reform, for which seeds were sown during the Participatory Government and groundwork laid during the Moon Jae-in administration, has finally come to fruition under our government of popular sovereignty,” adding, “The government of popular sovereignty will steadfastly fulfill the historical calling of irreversible p…

President Lee Jae-myung announced a complaint on the 1st, one day before the abolition of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the launch of the Office of Public Prosecutions and the Serious Crimes Investigation Office (CPC), that “the wrong era of political prosecution for the elimination of static and suppression is coming to an end.” He also said “strong and practical reform measures are needed” for the police, which is given greater authority …

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Ahead of the launch of the Indictment Agency and the Central Investigation Agency, President Lee Jae-myung stated, "The prosecution, which monopolized investigation and indictment and held absolute power, and in severe cases used political prosecution to eliminate and suppress political opponents.

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asiae.co.kr broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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