South Korea Ruling Party Moves to Curb Prosecutors
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Urging the allowance of direct supplementary investigations by the prosecution limited to cases affecting public welfare, and proposing the referral of all cases. Regarding the recent amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act submitted by the Democratic Party of Korea, the Korean Bar Association issued a statement asserting that the prosecution's power to conduct direct supplementary investigations should be permitted within a reasonable scope. Th…
The Democratic Party of Korea is accelerating the passage of the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act, which includes the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation powers. The People Power Party, believing that public opinion favoring the retention of these powers has grown due to the "Jang Yoon-ki case," is considering opposing legislation alongside a public relations campaign. The First Subcommittee on Bill Review of the Na…
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Democratic Party lawmakers Kim Seung-won, Kim Han-kyu, Park Sang-hyuk and Lee Hae-sik, members of the party’s Criminal Procedure Act revision task force, submit a partial revision bill at the National Assembly on Thursday. Photo by Asia Today July 9 (Asia Today) — South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party introduced a revision to the Criminal Procedure Act on Thursday that would abolish prosecutors’ supplementary investigation power. The bill would…
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