"Reform Police" vs. "Threaten Public Safety"... Political Arena Riled Up

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The political arena is embroiled in ongoing controversy over the police's incompetence exposed by the late Jang Mi-ran case. The Democratic Party repeatedly emphasized that it will accelerate police reform, while the People Power Party sharply criticized that public safety is being threatened by the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights.

Reporting by Go Jeong-hyeon.

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The Democratic Party launched its police reform promotion task force yesterday (the 25th), and today raised its voice to eradicate the "six major evils" of the police, such as protecting their own and burying cases.

[Park Sun-won / Democratic Party Supreme Council Member: Internal police inspections, letting things slide, perfunctory re-investigations, covering up, and human rights violations will never be tolerated.]

However, the party drew a line against the late Jang Mi-ran case expanding into the issue of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights, which are set to be abolished in October.

[Kim Min-seok / Democratic Party Leader: (The false closure of the Jeju missing person case) is drawing public outrage, but contrary to claims from some, this happened while the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights are currently in operation.]

The People Power Party pointed out that just looking at the Jang Yoon-gi case and the Jeju missing person case, the public is suffering damage from the deprivation of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights.

[Jang Dong-hyeok / People Power Party Leader: Public safety and lives are being threatened. The damage from the deprivation of supplementary investigation rights falls entirely on the public.]

Regarding President Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party emphasizing "police reform," the party sharpened its criticism by demanding that they first appoint a National Police Agency commissioner-general, a post that has been vacant for 1 year and 8 months.

[Jeong Jeom-sik / People Power Party Floor Leader: Before shouting for grandiose police reform, we urge you to first appoint a National Police Agency commissioner-general.]

The Democratic Party rebutted, saying, "The vacancy of the National Police Agency commissioner-general is the aftermath of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's December 3 emergency martial law."

(Video reporting: Oh Young-chun, Kim Yong-woo | Video editing: Won Hyung-hee)
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