PM calls for discussions on prosecution reform based on principle of no investigative rights

“Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has instructed officials to hold discussions on demands that the prosecution's right to conduct supplementary investigations should be kept intact even under a push to reform the prosecution, but with the stance in mind that its investigative right should be scrapped altogether, officials said Wednesday. Kim issued the instruction to a task force set up under the prime minister's office to hash out details of the prosecution reform legislation that calls for reducing the current massive prosecution service into a new agency handling only indictment and court proceedings without any power to conduct investigations on its own. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK)-led legislation, which passed a Cabinet meeting in March, represented a dream come true for the ruling bloc that has long accused the prosecution office of abusing its investigative power to harass liberal politicians, including late former President Roh Moo-hyun, who killed himself amid a prosecution probe into corruption allegations. They say current President Lee Jae Myung is also a victim, ac

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