Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office Namyangju Branch Opens in March... Ministry of Justice Assigns 23 Prosecutors

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice has decided to assign 23 prosecutors to the Namyangju Branch of the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office, which will open on March 1.

According to the official gazette on the 10th, the Ministry of Justice announced a partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Prosecutor Staffing Act containing this information on the 6th.

The Namyangju Branch of the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office is scheduled to be established in Dasan-dong, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi Province. The total number of prosecutors assigned to this branch will be 23, with two deputy chief prosecutors under the branch chief. The staffing will be reallocated among prosecutors belonging to the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office as well as other district prosecutors' offices and branches nationwide.

Gu Seung-mo (47, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 31), a professor at the Jincheon Headquarters of the Legal Research and Training Institute and the head of the Namyangju Branch opening preparation team, is expected to be appointed as the first branch chief.

Additionally, the Ministry of Justice has reallocated one prosecutor each from the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office and the Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office to the deputy chief prosecutor staffing in preparation for the expansion of the criminal divisions at the Ansan Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office and the Pyeongtaek Branch.

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