Looking at the evidence, "The damage of inspection and closure, the people will eventually see it"

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Now, let's take a closer look at this issue with reporter Lim Chan-jong of the Social Affairs Department and Kang Min-woo of the Political Department.

[Reporter Im Chan-jong: After the adjustment of the investigation authority last year, the prosecution's investigation authority can be summarized in two ways.

The so-called six serious crimes have the direct investigative power from the beginning of the investigation to the prosecution, and for the other crimes, the investigation cannot be started, and the police have the right to conduct complementary investigations after investigation and before prosecution. There is this.

The so-called censorship is to get rid of both of these things, and the prosecution is arguing that the abolition of the supplementary investigative power in particular can destroy the public welfare case handling system related to the general public.

If the supplementary investigation power is lost, the prosecution must decide whether to prosecute based on only the contents of the police investigation, but further criminal investigations may be blocked, and if the supplementary investigation was carried out, the prosecution may give up on passing the case to trial. ]

[Reporter Chanjong Lim: There are cases where this is an example.

An incident that occurred in 2017, but recently became a topic of discussion again, there is the case of the kidnapping and murder of an elementary school student in Dongchun-dong, Incheon.

In this case, the main culprit, Ms. Kim, testified that it was ordered by her accomplice, Ms. Park, after the trial began, leading to further investigation by the prosecution.

Even if such new evidence emerges, the prosecution argues that it may be difficult to reflect it without the right to supplement investigation.

In addition, after the adjustment of the investigative authority, the case processing is very delayed, and there is an argument that these side effects should be addressed first.]

[Reporter Minwoo Kang: Yes.

The Democratic Party is using the expression “normalization of the prosecution” instead of the expression of complete inspection.

They also argue that the reason for pursuing this is that it is overflowing just looking at recent cases.

It is said that as soon as the presidential election is over, the investigation into retaliation against the current government and standing adviser Lee Jae-myung is in full swing, including the expansion of the investigation into the blacklist case by the Ministry of Industry.

On the other hand, they say that they do not properly investigate the case of Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation by Yun Seok-yeol's spouse Kim Kun-hee.

Also, there is another view like this, that, since the prosecution has been expressed according to the government like this, talking about damage to the people is nothing more than protecting the vested interests.

Also, if the Yoon Seok-Yeol administration takes office, the passage of the bill may be difficult because the president will exercise the veto power, so there is a trend that we should hurry before taking office.]

[Reporter Min-Woo Kang: Once you have a majority of seats, the Judiciary Committee is physically possible.

The key, however, is to persuade National Assembly Speaker Park Byung-seok.

Chairman Park has the position that issues that have not been agreed upon by the ruling and opposition parties cannot be brought to the plenary session.

In some cases, the media arbitration law, which the Democratic Party had driven for last year, did not go up to the plenary session.

However, the bigger concern of the Democratic Party is the June local elections, which are just around the corner.

There is also a concern that, ahead of the local elections in June, we may lose the heart of the middle class again by listening to only the voices of the strong supporters.

In the end, it is judged that the general meeting of the House of Representatives, which will deal with this issue next Tuesday, will be the turning point of whether it is enforced or speed is adjusted.]

(Video Edit: Ha Seong-won)