Prosecutors' investigators expressed concerns about the decline in their ability to respond to crimes in relation to the Democratic Party's push for legislation to 'completely deprive the prosecution's investigative powers' and asked the National Assembly to collect a wide range of opinions.
About 280 investigators from the Seoul High Prosecutor's Office gathered at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office yesterday (21st) and held a meeting to respond to the inspection, and in a statement released today, "If the bill currently under discussion is passed as it is, there will be no more "I am very concerned that I will not be able to protect the people," he said.
He continued, “About 6,300 prosecutors have strengthened their professional investigative capabilities in various fields such as digital forensics, account tracking, and accounting analysis based on investigation techniques accumulated over 70 years, as well as criminal investigations, collection of criminal proceeds, and execution of sentences. It has contributed to the discovery of the substantive truth,” he emphasized.
Investigators also said, "The legal community, academia, and civic groups are also concerned about the bill, saying that it could cause havoc in the judicial system. I sincerely hope that it will be.”
In the prosecutor's office, the members' meetings are continuing every day to respond to the inspection.
On the 19th, representatives of the public prosecutors held a meeting at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, and on the 20th, representatives of the chief prosecutors gathered opinions against the bill.
The National Prosecutor's Office also held a relay press conference to explain the problems of the bill,
Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye also called six high prosecutors from all over the country to the Ministry of Justice yesterday for the first time since the incident and held a meeting related to the bill.