Kim Dong-yeon, Democratic Party presidential primary candidate: ”Prosecutors' retaliatory investigations, the indictment of former President Moon Jae-in is representative... reduced to prosecution office” (South Korea)

Kim Dong-yeon, a presidential primary candidate for the Democratic Party of Japan, said on the 25th, "We will prevent the abuse of investigative powers by dispersing and checking absolute prosecutorial authority, and ensure that no injustice occurs.
"We will ensure that human rights are protected," Kim said. Speaking to reporters at his camp office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the same day, Kim said, "The prosecution is conducting an investigation that shows leniency towards someone, but
A typical example is the case of Kim Gun-Hee (the wife of former President Yoon Seok-yeol). Also, there are cases where the government has conducted retaliatory investigations against someone, such as former President Moon Jae-in.
"If the roles and incentive structures of organizations are not changed, they will likely continue to behave badly," he said.
Candidate Kim said, "Most of the issues are about amending the law. I think the new government and the National Assembly can handle it."
"The constitutional amendment to strip the prosecutors of their investigative powers will be able to be discussed at least during next year's local elections," he added. On the same day, candidate Kim proposed reducing the prosecutors' office to an indictment agency and completely depriving them of investigative and prosecution powers.
Instead of abolishing the prosecutors' investigative powers, the prosecution will expand and reorganize the Office for Investigation of Crimes by High-Ranking Public Officials, create a Major Crimes Investigation Office under the Prime Minister's Office, and
The plan is to transfer the resources to the Major Crimes Investigation Agency, which will investigate corruption, economic crimes, crimes against public officials, election crimes, disaster-related crimes, and drug-related crimes, while the police will be in charge of the remaining general crime investigations.
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