Yoon Seok-yeol: "The Paradigm of Prosecutorial Forced Investigations Must Be Boldly Changed"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol stated that "the prosecution must boldly change the paradigm of compulsory investigation for the development of future society."

According to the legal community on the 25th, during his opening remarks at the Human Rights-Centered Investigation Task Force (TF) meeting held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office the previous afternoon, Prosecutor General Yoon said, "Rather than focusing solely on summoning and interrogating suspects, we must make a major shift to a trial-centered approach where the substantive truth is reached through examination between prosecutors and defense attorneys in court."

Prosecutor General Yoon also asked the TF members to discuss ways to induce a major shift in thinking, training on law enforcement techniques according to the new paradigm, and proposals for institutional improvements.

He emphasized, "Once the measures prepared by the TF are finalized through deliberation by the Prosecution Human Rights Committee, I will personally oversee the process and take the lead to ensure frontline changes."

At this meeting, the TF members reviewed and discussed improvement tasks based on recent controversial investigative practices and selected key review tasks.

The TF plans to hold regular meetings going forward to develop improvement measures for each task and report them to the Prosecution Human Rights Committee.

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