Calls for caution over prosecution reform grow within ruling party

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea is facing growing internal calls for caution over its push to abolish prosecutors’ supplementary investigation power, a key part of the prosecution reform agenda the party has pursued for years.

The supplementary investigation power refers to prosecutors’ authority to conduct additional inquiries after police send a case to the prosecution, when prosecutors deem the initial investigation incomplete or flawed.

It is separate from prosecutors’ direct investigat