Hwang Unha: "The Prosecutor's Exclusive Right to Prosecute and Investigate Is Evil in Itself"

Hwang Unha, Chief of Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, is delivering his farewell speech on the afternoon of December 31 last year at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Hwang Un-ha, Director of the Police Human Resources Development Institute, stated on the 7th that "a system in which prosecutors have exclusive rights to prosecution and investigation is inherently evil."

Director Hwang revealed this in a post on his Facebook, saying, "If the prosecutor, who holds the right to prosecute, sets prosecution as the goal and conducts investigations accordingly, there will inevitably be excessive investigations and prosecutions," adding, "Unfortunately, prosecutors in our country have not only exclusive prosecution rights but also virtually exclusive investigative rights."

He said, "The prosecution's behavior of rushing headlong like Don Quixote attacking windmills under the delusion of investigating the living power, while being eager to cover up their own corruption, is an inevitable product born from the system," and added, "If the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) can conduct a search and seizure of the Prosecutor General's office, abuse of investigative rights will not be possible."

This reflects the judgment that with the launch of the CIO, checks and surveillance during the investigation period will become possible.

Director Hwang is currently under accusation related to an investigation involving former Ulsan Mayor Kim Gi-hyeon during his tenure as Ulsan Police Chief.

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