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Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, who compared the reaction of the police to a coup d'etat, revealed his thoughts on police reform.

In particular, when he graduates from the police academy, he expressed his intention to change, saying that it would not be fair to be immediately commissioned as a lieutenant-level inspector.

At the same time, he made it clear that the Minister of Public Administration and Security has the power to command the controversial police policing.



Reporter Kim Sang-min will tell you about this.



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The police department within the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, which will be launched on the 2nd of next month, consists of three divisions: general manager, personnel, and autonomous police.



Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min emphasized that the Police Department has nothing to do with security affairs such as investigations.



A police officer with expertise in investigations said he would not leave the police station at all.



However, he said that it is possible with the authority of the Minister of Public Administration and Security as to whether or not to direct the police's security work.



[Lee Sang-min/Minister of Public Administration and Security: I personally interpret that I am not personally responsible for the security work, but I can direct and supervise the security work if necessary.



It's not the police department's job, but he made it clearer that he would take charge of the police's policing.



He said that the specific force leading the recent police collective action was referring to 'police academy graduates', and expressed his intention to overhaul the current police personnel system, which is commissioned as a inspector immediately after graduating from the police academy.



[Lee Sang-min/Minister of Public Administration and Security: There is a problem in creating a system so that those who started far ahead of others and started behind cannot catch up with the gap simply by the fact that they graduated from a certain university (I think)] In the



afternoon In the work report of the Minister of Public Administration and Security that followed, President Yoon Seok-yeol said, "I hope that the new police department will rationally improve the personnel and police system."



When the Police System Development Committee, an advisory body under the Prime Minister, is established next month, the issue of reforming the police force is expected to be discussed in earnest.



(Video coverage: Park Young-il, Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)