Acting Chief of Police: “Criminal justice transition, greater responsibility rather than expansion of authority”

Checks and cooperation with the Public Prosecution Office and the Central Investigation Office... I will take full responsibility for the incident.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Han Ji-eun = Acting Police Commissioner Kim Jong-cheol said on the 12th regarding the transformation of the criminal justice system, including the abolition of the Prosecutor's Office, "I will accept this change as a heavier responsibility, not an expansion of authority."

In his speech at the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee's audit of the National Police Agency on this day, Acting Director Kim said, "Police have been given an enormous responsibility to bear greater responsibility in the areas closest to the lives of the people."

He said, “The public is watching with a strict eye to see whether the police have sufficient capabilities, whether the socially disadvantaged are properly protected, and whether the powers entrusted to them are exercised fairly.”

He continued, "We will continue to strengthen our investigative manpower and expertise to ensure complete responsibility for the cases entrusted to us by the public," and added, "We will maintain political neutrality in any case and structurally block internal corruption and sloppy and biased investigations."

At the same time, he said, "We will strengthen checks and cooperative relationships with related organizations such as the Public Prosecution Service and the Serious Crimes Investigation Office to prevent the public from suffering damage due to loopholes in the system."

Acting President Kim emphasized, "We will do our best to ensure that the new criminal justice system takes root as a system that protects the rights and interests of the people," and added, "We will not hide any problems that emerge in the early stages of implementation and will communicate closely with the National Assembly to correct them."