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In response to the Democratic Party's push to abolish supplementary investigation rights, the People Power Party (PPP) has proposed a package of amendments dubbed the '3 Victim Protection Acts.' The proposal includes maintaining supplementary investigation rights and mandating cooperation between the prosecution and police from the initial stage of investigations for major crimes, such as the Jang Yoon-gi case.
Reporter Park Chan-beom has the story.
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The People Power Party officially proposed three legislative amendments today, July 15, as a party platform, labeling them the '3 Victim Protection Acts.' These include amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act, the Act on the Establishment of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, and the Public Prosecution Service Act.
The move emphasizes the party's stance that the Democratic Party's push to abolish supplementary investigation rights runs counter to the protection of crime victims.
While the Democratic Party's bill seeks to completely abolish the prosecution's investigative powers, the PPP's proposal allows for supplementary investigations in limited cases, such as those transferred from the police or the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), as well as crimes committed by law enforcement officials.
Furthermore, for major crimes like the Jang Yoon-gi case, the bill mandates cooperation between the prosecution and police from the moment an investigation begins.
[Interview] Kwak Kyu-taek / Chairman of the PPP Legal Advisory Committee: In cases of major crimes, such as the murder of a high school girl in Gwangju, the prosecutor will be able to participate from the moment the judicial police officer begins the investigation...
The PPP explained that it has significantly expanded the scope of cases that must be referred to the prosecution, including those where complainants have filed objections, to prevent cases from being buried during the police investigation stage due to the destruction of evidence or other factors.
Additionally, the party stated it would remove the authority to withdraw indictments from the Criminal Procedure Act to ensure that prosecutors are not pressured to arbitrarily drop charges or withdraw indictments.
[Interview] Park Chung-kwon / PPP Floor Spokesperson: This is to prevent a special counsel bill aimed at withdrawing the indictment of President Lee Jae-myung. If this bill is passed, the special counsel bill for indictment withdrawal will also become meaningless.
However, with only 110 seats in the National Assembly, the PPP cannot pass these bills on its own, and given the significant gap between its proposal and that of the Democratic Party, an agreement appears unlikely.
(Video reporting: Lee Seung-hwan, Shin Dong-hwan | Video editing: Lee Seung-jin | Design: Choi Jin-hoe)
Reported by Park Chan-beom | Produced by SBS Digital News
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