The Corruption Investigation Office and Prosecutors-Police Partially Agree on the Structure of the Investigation Network

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit (Gong-su-cheo), which until now had to record case handling statuses manually due to the lack of a computerized system, is expected to establish an electronic system soon. It is also reported that the outline of the plan to link with the Criminal Justice Information System (ICS·KICS), currently under discussion with the prosecution and other agencies, has been finalized.

According to the legal community on the 13th, Gong-su-cheo, the prosecution, and the police held a temporary meeting last month under the Act on the Promotion of Electronic Criminal Justice Procedures and agreed on the method of linking with KICS. Yeo Woon-guk, Deputy Chief of Gong-su-cheo, and Yae Se-min, Director of Planning and Coordination at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, who was delegated by the Deputy Chief of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, attended the meeting.

KICS is a computerized system designed to create, acquire, store, and transmit criminal justice information. Gong-su-cheo had conflicts with other investigative agencies regarding the method of linking with KICS. During the meeting, the final discussion was held on the linkage method between the KICS being developed by Gong-su-cheo and the KICS jointly used by the prosecution and other criminal justice agencies.

Gong-su-cheo proposed sharing the dedicated KICS network used by the prosecution, police, and Ministry of Justice, but this was not accepted. It is known that the prosecution opposed this, citing Gong-su-cheo's independence. Consequently, Gong-su-cheo decided to build a separate network. It was agreed that the linkage with the prosecution and police would be external rather than internal.

The construction of KICS by Gong-su-cheo is expected to be completed by June. This was stipulated in the contract with the service provider. However, Gong-su-cheo had initially developed KICS with the intention of integrating into the network used by the prosecution, police, and Ministry of Justice, so some adjustments to the plan are expected. Additional consultations for external linkage are also necessary.

Once the KICS construction is completed as planned, Gong-su-cheo will be able to process cases electronically starting in the second half of the year.

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