President Lee Orders Additional Verification of Serious Crimes Investigation Agency Head Candidate… "Further Verification of Facts"
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Ruling party hardliners backlash, citing 'contradictions with prosecution reform'... Request for National Assembly confirmation hearing has not yet been made. It was reported on the 14th that President Lee Jae-myung ordered additional vetting of lawyer Kim Ji-yong, who has been nominated as the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCID). Centered on the ruling party's hardliners
Kim Ji-yong, the nominee for Commissioner of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, has expressed his strong agreement with the fundamental principle of separating investigation and prosecution. Reports indicate that veto sentiment against Kim is growing within the ruling party, as he voiced opposition to the Moon Jae-in administration's adjustments to investigative powers between the police and the prosecution during his time as head of the C…
Representative Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party of Korea and Representative Park Eun-jung of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party strongly criticized the nomination of Kim Ji-yong as the first head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, arguing that it would serve as an extension of the prosecution organization. Pointing to the nominee's past opposition to the reduction of the prosecution's investigative powers, they asserted that the essential…
It was reported on the 14th that President Lee Jae-myung ordered additional verification prior to the request for a National Assembly confirmation hearing for Kim Ji-yong, the nominee for the first head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency. With a week already having passed since the Ministry of the Interior and Safety nominated Kim, opposition from some within the ruling party continues regarding his stance on the prosecution's supplement…
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