South Korea passed bill to establish a new investigative agency December 31 6:32
The Korean parliament has passed a bill on Tuesday to set up a new investigative body to investigate government officials and other fraud. It will transfer some of the powers of the prosecution to a new organization, and President Moon Jane (Munzai Tora) will appeal that the prosecutor's reform, which has been set as a key issue, was implemented before the general election next April. Can be
The Korean Parliament voted on October 30 for a bill to set up a new investigative agency, the Criminal Investigation Agency for Higher Officials, and was approved by the ruling parties, both Democrats and a minority opposition.
According to the bill, the Office of Criminal Investigations for Higher Officials will search for presidents, members of parliament, government officials and judges, and prosecutors and police officers can be directly prosecuted.
It will transfer some of the prosecution's authority to a new investigative agency, and the Korean media has said it will be set up as early as next July.
President Moon Jae-in has made the prosecution's reform, which is said to be too powerful, a key issue, and will appeal to the government before the general election next April.
Meanwhile, the largest opposition party, the “Liberal Republic of Korea,” has been strongly opposed by the president, who has chosen a new investigative agency as a leader, and boycotted the passage of the bill.