One Additional Case per Police Station per Day During Pilot Implementation of 'Requests for Supplementary Investigations'

[Financial News] The Korean National Police Agency said on the 23rd that, during a pilot program conducted ahead of the revised Criminal Procedure Act taking effect in October, the number of prosecutors' requests for supplementary investigations received by police stations increased by about one case per station per day on average.
The Korean National Police Agency said on the 23rd that this was the result of a pilot implementation of the revised Criminal Procedure Act at 19 police stations and district prosecutors' offices and branch offices from the 18th of last month to the 11th of this month.
According to police, about one additional request for a supplementary investigation was received per police station per day on average compared with July, before the pilot program began.
At Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station, the number of requests for supplementary investigations rose from 3.2 to 3.9 cases. The figure at Seoul Seongbuk Police Station increased from 2 to 3.4, while it fell from 2.1 to 1.9 at Gyeongnam Masan Jungbu Police Station.
The number of interviews conducted by prosecutors with suspects before detention stood at 23, showing little change from before the pilot program.
There were four cases in which prosecutors asked police to investigate separate offenses. Most involved perjury or false accusation, and police accepted all of them, either launching pre-investigation inquiries or beginning formal investigations.
The revised Criminal Procedure Act, which will take effect with the launch of the Prosecution Office, is centered on completely separating investigations from indictments by eliminating not only prosecutors' authority to conduct direct investigations but also their authority to conduct supplementary investigations. Once the law takes effect, prosecutors will be unable to conduct supplementary investigations themselves and will only be able to request that police do so. In principle, police must complete a supplementary investigation within one month of receiving a prosecutor's request, although the deadline may be extended by another month if necessary.

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