Supreme Prosecutors' Office Holds Meeting of Deputy Prosecutors to Discuss Case Handling Ahead of Investigation Right Abolition

With the complete abolition of prosecutors' investigative powers and the launch of the Prosecution Service scheduled for October, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office has delivered a case-handling plan to front-line offices and initiated a process to gather opinions.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced today (September 7) that it held a "Nationwide Video Conference of Deputy Prosecutors" to disseminate recently formulated case-handling guidelines and department-specific case-handling plans to front-line offices, while collecting feedback from each office.

The video conference is being held over a two-day period through tomorrow (September 8).

Participants included the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's Planning and Coordination Department, Anti-Corruption Department, Criminal Department, Narcotics and Organized Crime Department, Public Service Investigation Department, Forensic Science Department, and Criminal Policy Planning Division, alongside 18 district prosecutors' offices and 10 branch offices nationwide.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office stated that it plans to actively communicate so that the opinions gathered from front-line offices during the meeting can be reflected in future case-handling procedures.

It added, "Moving forward, we will meticulously prepare and anticipate various scenarios in advance to ensure that no operational vacuum occurs during the transition and launch of the Prosecution Service."

Previously on September 3, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office established and distributed case-specific handling criteria to front-line offices, categorizing cases in which prosecutors have initiated investigations into three types: ▲ cases to be processed before October 2, ▲ cases to be processed within a 90-day grace period, and ▲ cases where transfer is inevitable.

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