South Korea's prosecution has revealed its plan to transform its investigative practices to better protect human rights.
This comes right after President Moon ordered the Prosecutor-General to come up with a reform plan.
Our Park Hee-jun has this report. South Korea's prosecution has drawn up its own reform plans,... just one day after President Moon Jae-in told it to become an organization that gains the people's trust.
According to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on Tuesday,... the prosecution proposes shutting down the special units that investigate corruption by high-ranking government officials,... at all but three prosecutor's offices, with the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office being one of the offices remaining open.
It also plans to bring back prosecutors that it had previously dispatched to external organizations,... and place them in the detective and trial departments.
The use of chief prosecutors' private cars will also be suspended.
In line with the protection of human rights,... the prosecution will also transform how prosecutions and investigations are carried out.
It will reconsider the practice of summoning suspects openly and having them stand in front of the press, as well as publicizing the facts of their alleged crime and conducting late-night questioning.
But more detailed plans are yet to be made.
Just the previous day, President Moon had ordered the prosecution to be more proactive in their reforms by coming up with its own version of reforms.
"I also call on the Prosecutor-General. I ask that he listens to a range of public opinions and draws up measures that will help the prosecution gain the people's trust by gathering different opinions from young prosecutors, female prosecutors and prosecutors from the detective and trial departments."
The Blue House viewed the prosecution's announcement positively.
In a statement by Spokesperson Ko Min-jung,... it said the measures laid out by the prosecution are necessary,... and that it hopes the kind of reforms that the people want can happen soon.
Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
