Police Security Function 'Dedicated National Security Investigation Unit' Reorganized... Preparing for Transfer of Counterintelligence Investigation Authority

Kim Chang-ryong, Commissioner of the National Police Agency.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The police are planning to reorganize their current security functions into a dedicated national security investigation unit in preparation for the transfer of counterintelligence investigation authority from the National Intelligence Service (NIS).

Kim Chang-ryong, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, stated in written materials for a press briefing on the 30th, "We will reorganize the Security Bureau of the National Police Agency and the security departments of the 17 metropolitan and provincial police agencies into a dedicated national security investigation unit that handles counterintelligence investigations as well as terrorism, defense industry, and industrial technology leakage."

He added that through ▲ training national security investigation experts ▲ establishing domestic and international information sharing and cooperation systems ▲ transferring the NIS national security investigation infrastructure, they aim to enhance expertise and "maintain and develop the overall capacity for national security investigations."

Meanwhile, since September this year, the National Police Agency has launched a task force to prepare for the establishment of the National Investigation Headquarters and is continuously monitoring progress. At the headquarters, they plan to build an 'investigation control tower' centered on the head of the National Investigation Headquarters and pursue organizational restructuring to establish an investigation system centered on local police agencies.

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