Ministry of Justice Prosecution Personnel Committee Concludes... Mid-Level and Ordinary Prosecutor Personnel Announced on 27th

On the 9th of last month, reporters were waiting for Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae in front of the Ministry of Justice in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. / Gwacheon - Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Personnel changes for mid-level prosecutors and ordinary prosecutors will be implemented on the 27th and take effect on the 3rd of next month.

In this personnel reshuffle, prosecutors from the 30th Judicial Research and Training Institute class will be newly appointed as deputy prosecutors, the 34th class as chief prosecutors, and the 35th class as deputy chief prosecutors, respectively.

The Ministry of Justice stated that this personnel reshuffle is inevitably conducted to reorganize the prosecution system ahead of the enforcement of the amended law for adjusting investigative authority between the prosecution and police, and thus the scope of personnel changes has been minimized.

Specifically, for deputy-level positions, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and some branch chiefs will be retained, and the scope is limited to filling vacant positions and newly established human rights supervisor positions. For chief-level positions, the selection targets and scope have been minimized considering the fulfillment of mandatory service periods.

On the 24th, the Ministry of Justice held a Prosecutor Personnel Committee meeting at the Government Complex Gwacheon to discuss promotion and transfer plans for mid-level prosecutors at the high prosecutor level and ordinary prosecutors, and announced the results of the deliberation containing these details.

The Ministry of Justice stated that, according to the reorganization of the system, when dedicated duties are adjusted, department heads with appropriate abilities and expertise and deputy prosecutors to command them will be placed in suitable positions, adhering to principles such as rotation and balance in personnel management.

However, it was also announced that prosecutors from the criminal and trial departments who have been devoted to human rights protection and tasks directly related to public livelihood, outstanding female prosecutors, and certified specialist prosecutors will be actively favored and selected.

To strengthen the supervisory function over human rights violations during investigations conducted at frontline prosecutors' offices and to solidify support for victims, human rights supervisors will be additionally assigned to five metropolitan area branch offices: Goyang, Bucheon, Seongnam, Ansan, and Anyang, in addition to the existing 18 local prosecutors' offices.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice reflected the wishes of prosecutors affiliated with prosecutors' offices other than the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to remain in their positions as much as possible, broadly applied the long-term service system for childbirth and childcare purposes, and actively considered individual hardships such as illness in personnel decisions.

The Ministry of Justice announced that starting from the regular personnel reshuffle in the first half of next year, exceptions will be recognized for the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office and the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office regarding the 'three consecutive terms of service limitation in the metropolitan area,' allowing transfers to the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, the Financial and Economic Crime Investigation Division, or metropolitan area offices.

However, if the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, or the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office are included in two consecutive terms of service, exceptions will not be applied, and even if exceptions are granted for three consecutive terms of service in the metropolitan area, the total combined service period at the three locations will not exceed seven years.

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