The Comprehensive Revision of the Police Act Introducing the 'Jachigyeongchalje' Passed the National Assembly Plenary Session

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] For the first time in the 100-year history of the Korean police, a ‘Jachi Police’ (Autonomous Police) system will be introduced, and a National Investigation Headquarters overseeing police investigations will be established.

On the 9th, the National Assembly passed the full revision of the Police Act containing these provisions in a plenary session with 175 votes in favor, 55 against, and 36 abstentions out of 266 members present.

The core of the full revision of the Police Act is to separate the duties of the National Police and the Jachi Police, and to establish a separate National Investigation Headquarters to oversee investigations.

The Jachi Police system has been promoted with the intention of decentralizing the expanding police powers due to the adjustment of investigative authority between the prosecution and police, and the transfer of counterintelligence investigation authority from the National Intelligence Service to the police.

According to this revision, the police organization will be divided into the National Police under the command of the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, the Jachi Police under the management of the Jachi Police Committees of metropolitan and provincial governors, and the investigative police under the command and supervision of the head of the National Investigation Headquarters.

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