Politics · South Korea · 2 hrs ago
South Korea opposition leader calls for inquiry into special prosecutors
Jeom-sik Jung called for a parliamentary inquiry into four special prosecutor investigations in South Korea.
Jung, the floor leader of the opposition People Power Party, made the demand at the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The governing Democratic Party is seeking to pass a bill for a special prosecutor to investigate alleged fabricated prosecutions.
Jung accused the plan of paving the way to cancel President Lee Jae-myung’s prosecution, a claim he made as a political criticism.
He said the four earlier investigations—three led by special prosecutors and one by a second special prosecutor—had involved unfair or politically targeted inquiries.
He also cited Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s acquittal at a second trial as evidence of what he called improper investigative conduct.
Jung wants the inquiry held before the new bill is pursued, but the account does not say how lawmakers will respond.
South Korea’s People Power Party floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik called for a parliamentary inquiry into what he described as three-plus-one special prosecutor investigations before any new special prosecutor bill.
Jeong said the Democratic Party was pursuing a bill under the pretext of investigating fabricated indictments, but that its real aim was to build a case to cancel President Lee Jae-myung’s prosecution.
He accused the earlier special prosecutor investigations of excessive, politically targeted probes and called for lawmakers to examine alleged coercive and biased investigations, concealment and fabrication.
The Democratic Party was seeking to pass the bill during the regular parliamentary session, according to Yonhap.
- Who
- Jeong Jeom-sik, floor leader of the People Power Party, called for the inquiry.
- What
- He urged a parliamentary inquiry into the “3+1” special prosecutor investigations before a new special prosecutor bill is pursued.
- When
- October 27, 2026.
- Where
- At the National Assembly in Seoul.
- Why
- Jeong said the proposed bill was intended to build toward cancelling President Lee Jae-myung’s prosecution and accused the earlier investigations of misconduct.
People Power Party
Democratic Party
Proposed special prosecutor bill
People Power Party
Jeong said the bill was a pretext to build toward cancelling President Lee Jae-myung’s prosecution.
Democratic Party
The party was seeking to pass the bill during the regular parliamentary session, according to Yonhap.
Prior special prosecutor investigations
People Power Party
Jeong said the “3+1” investigations involved excessive, politically targeted probes and alleged coercion, bias, concealment and fabrication.
Democratic Party
Not stated in the article.
The Democratic Party was seeking to pass a bill for a special prosecutor to investigate alleged fabricated indictments.
Jeong Jeom-sik called for a parliamentary inquiry into the “3+1” special prosecutor investigations before the bill was pursued.
- Speaker
- Jeong Jeom-sik
- Party
- People Power Party
- Proposed inquiry
- Parliamentary inquiry into the “3+1” special prosecutor investigations
- Bill’s stated subject
- Alleged fabricated indictments
- Location
- National Assembly, Seoul
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What people are saying
The purpose of cancelling the president’s prosecution is a problem, but the means of using a special prosecutor is also a problem.
I demand that, before pushing through a special prosecutor for cancelling the prosecution, the Democratic Party first hold a parliamentary inquiry into the Lee Jae-myung administration’s 3+1 fabricated-investigation special prosecutors.