The evaluation of ‘distortion of law’ will be conducted in the Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 23rd, concurrent with the impeachment process of the prosecutor involved in the ‘Lee investigation’. “The ruling Democratic Party of Korea, which labeled the prosecution’s imprisonment of Lee Jae-myung as a ‘political act,’ is pressuring the prosecution comprehensively through legislation and confirmation hearings.”,
, “According to the National Assembly on the 22nd, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee will convene a plenary session on the 23rd to begin reviewing the so-called ‘distortion of law’ (Criminal Law Amendment Bill) and other bills.”,
, ‘The essence of the bill is to impose imprisonment for up to 10 years or suspension of qualifications when investigators or investigative agencies distort the application of the law during investigation and prosecution to favor or disadvantage the parties involved.’,
, “The bill was initiated by lawmaker Lee Geon-tae, a former ‘daejangdong lawyer,’ and was championed by the Democratic Party’s Prosecution Reform Task Force. “,
, ‘Earlier, when the prosecution sentenced Lee to 2 years in prison on charges of publicizing false information during the last presidential election process (violation of the Public Official Election Act), the ruling Democratic Party immediately confronted it with legislative power.’,
, ‘The Democratic Party stated, “Recently, the prosecution has violated impartiality by conducting biased investigations and prosecutions, undermining fairness in case handling, and infringing on justice and human rights,” asserting its position of amending the Criminal Law because it is difficult to punish the act of distorting the law under the existing law.’,
, “At the Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 23rd, bills to prevent the abuse of prosecution rights by adding the ‘rate of guilty verdicts compared to cases prosecuted’ as a standard for prosecutor evaluations, establishing a case allocation standards committee within the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office to prevent arbitrary case assignments, and expanding the personnel of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission will also be reviewed.”,
, ‘The Democratic Party will also initiate the impeachment process for the investigators involved in the trial of Lee concurrently. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing on the motion to impeach Prosecutor Park Sang-yong, who was in charge of the investigation into the illegal transfer of funds to North Korea on the 2nd of next month.’,
, “Previously, the Democratic Party had proposed a motion to impeach four incumbent prosecutors as ‘corrupt prosecutors,’ including those responsible for the illegal fund transfer scandal and the suspicious favoritism development cases in Daejangdong and Baekhyundong. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee conducted a confirmation hearing on Kim Young-cheol, deputy head of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutor’s Office last month, and plans to hold hearings for the remaining Kang Baek-sin and Eom Hee-joon prosecutors after the national audit.”,
, ‘Furthermore, the Democratic Party is expected to push for legislation within this regular session of the National Assembly to completely separate the prosecutorial power of investigation and indictment. The idea is to abolish the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, leave the indictment power to the prosecution, and transfer the investigative power to the newly established Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCIA).’