'Formation of the "Gongsoocheo-Prosecution-Police Council"... First Meeting on the 29th'

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The 'tripartite consultative body' involving the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (Gong-su-cheo), the prosecution, and the police is scheduled to hold its first meeting on the 29th.

According to the legal community on the 24th, Gong-su-cheo, the prosecution, and the police recently agreed to activate the consultative body and are set to hold the first meeting on the 29th. They are currently discussing the agenda for the meeting.

The first meeting will be held in a separate location, not at the Government Gwacheon Complex where Gong-su-cheo is located. From Gong-su-cheo, Deputy Director Yeo Woon-guk will attend.

The meeting is expected to address the standards for case transfers between Gong-su-cheo and the prosecution and police under the Gong-su-cheo Act. Until now, the legal community has criticized the transfer standards of Gong-su-cheo as abstract and unclear.

Currently, under the Gong-su-cheo Act, the head of Gong-su-cheo can request transfer to other investigative agencies for overlapping investigations in light of the progress and fairness controversies of the investigation, and cases can be transferred to other investigative agencies depending on the suspect, victim, and the content and scale of the case.

Some expect disagreements among investigative agencies regarding the transfer standards at the first meeting. Recently, Kim Jin-wook, head of Gong-su-cheo, re-transferred the case involving Lee Seong-yoon, head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, related to the illegal departure incident of former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-ui, by separating investigative and prosecutorial authority.

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