The Legislative and Judiciary Subcommittee approves amendments led by the former... The number of special prosecutors is 309, surpassing that of the civil war special prosecutor.
Suspicions of 'sending fishermen to North Korea and accepting bribes of Moon's son-in-law' are also being investigated... Up to 200 days of operation
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Joo-seong and Jeong Yeon-sol = The biggest difference from the Democratic Party's existing bill in the 'Special Prosecution Bill on Manipulated Indictments', which was passed by the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee subcommittee led by the Democratic Party of Korea on the 4th, is that it deletes the special prosecutor's 'decision on whether to maintain the indictment' clause, which caused the controversy over the so-called 'cancellation of indictment'.
The Democratic Party submitted in April, 'A bill on the appointment of a special prosecutor to uncover the truth of suspicions such as fabricated investigation and fabricated indictment by the Yoon Seok-yeol regime's Prosecutor's Office, the National Intelligence Service, and the Board of Audit and Inspection, etc.' stipulates the scope of the special prosecutor's duties as 'investigation of the case, filing of indictment, maintenance of indictment, and decision on whether to do so', which was modified to 'investigation of the case, filing of indictment, and maintenance of indictment'.
The subcommittee also amended the existing bill to allow prosecutors to request the transfer of cases pending investigation, prosecution, or prosecution.
Regarding this, Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom, the ruling party's secretary on the Legislative and Judiciary Committee, met with reporters after completing the bill subcommittee and explained, "We brought up the entire request for transfer because an objection was raised that the indictment could be canceled by bringing in another case," and added, "The content related to whether or not the indictment was canceled was completely deleted."
The number of cases subject to special prosecution investigation remains the same as before: 12.
However, as cases related to former President Moon Jae-in were added and cases related to President Lee Jae-myung were combined, the actual number of suspicions subject to investigation increased.
On this day, the subcommittee added new suspicions such as ▲ forced repatriation of North Korean defector fishermen to North Korea ▲ bribery related to the employment of former President Moon Jae-in's son-in-law ▲ leak of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) secrets ▲ suspicion of manipulating the economic feasibility of Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 as new targets of investigation.
Among these, the 'forced repatriation of North Korean fishermen defectors' was lumped together with the 'West Sea civil servant shooting incident', which is the subject of investigation under the existing bill.
In addition, existing ▲ Suspicions of breach of trust and bribery from private developers related to the development of Daejang-dong, Wirye New Town, and Baekhyeon-dong ▲ Violation of the Public Official Election Act related to the development of Daejang-dong and Baekhyeon-dong ▲ Bribery related to sponsorship of Seongnam FC ▲ Kim Jin-seong's perjury teacher ▲ Ssangbangwool remittance to North Korea ▲ Suspicion of former Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myeong's use of corporate card and breach of trust ▲ Moon Jae-in administration's manipulation of statistics ▲ Yoon Seok-yeol The prosecution's investigation and prosecution of suspected cases, such as false reports intended to defame the former president, were also included in the investigation.
Among these, the Daejang-dong, Wirye New Town, Baekhyeon-dong development projects, and the suspicion of bribery by Kim Yong, former vice president of the Democratic Institute, were listed as separate investigation targets in the existing bill, but were included as one case in the revised bill.
The special prosecution team consists of a total of 309 people, including 20 dispatched prosecutors, 70 special investigators, and 210 dispatched public officials. It is larger than the special investigation team, which had a special investigation team of 238 people.
Comparing the existing proposal and the revised plan, the number of dispatched prosecutors was reduced from 30 to 20, and the number of special investigators was reduced from less than 150 to less than 70. On the other hand, the number of dispatched civil servants increased from 170 to 210.
The investigation period is the same as the existing plan, with a maximum of 200 days, including 20 days for preparation and 180 days for investigation.
The content of the negotiation groups, the Democratic Party, the People Power Party, and the Fatherland Innovation Party, which has the largest number of seats among the non-negotiation groups, each recommending one special prosecutor candidate is also the same. There was no change in the regulations requiring the president to appoint a special prosecutor from among the recommended candidates.
The Democratic Party plans to pass a resolution on the Legislative and Judiciary Committee on this day and pass the special prosecution bill at the plenary session on the 5th.
