Prosecutors Raise Internal Disciplinary Measures Following Board of Audit and Inspection's Criticism

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The Supreme Prosecutors' Office has strengthened the disciplinary standards applied to prosecutorial officials following the Audit and Inspection Board's recommendations.

According to the legal community on the 9th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office revised and implemented the "Guidelines for Handling Crimes and Misconduct of Prosecutorial Officials" on the 31st of last month. Previously, if a prosecutorial official received or gave money or entertainment worth less than 1 million KRW related to their duties, they were disciplined with a reduction in salary or higher. Now, such cases will result in suspension or higher disciplinary action. Even when receiving money or entertainment worth less than 1 million KRW unrelated to their duties, the previous minimum disciplinary action was a reprimand, but this has now been changed to a reduction in salary or higher. If illegal or improper acts accompany the acceptance of money or entertainment, the disciplinary action has been strengthened to demotion or higher, up to dismissal.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office raised the level of disciplinary measures by revising the guidelines in response to the Audit and Inspection Board's recommendations. Earlier in March, the Audit and Inspection Board had ordered correction, pointing out that the prosecution was operating its own disciplinary standards for misconduct that were lighter than the enforcement regulations of the Public Officials Disciplinary Decree applied to general public officials.

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