Rep. Kim Nam-hee of the Democratic Party of Korea directly criticized former Rebuilding Korea Party leader Cho Kuk, saying he must take responsibility for spreading falsehoods and launching political attacks over a proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act.
Appearing on MBC Radio's "Kim Jong-bae's Focus of Attention" on the 27th, Kim addressed Cho's criticism of the Criminal Procedure Act amendment she had proposed. "I raised the issue because former leader Cho Kuk spread false information," she said.
Cho had earlier criticized the amendment proposed by Kim, claiming it included provisions for establishing a joint prosecution-police response body. Kim rebutted this, saying, "My bill did not contain that content," and added, "He did not even fact-check something that is not in the bill and called it the content of the bill."
Regarding Cho's criticism based on the content of the draft before the bill was formally proposed, Kim said, "Proposing a bill means taking political responsibility for the final proposal." She criticized further, saying, "Attacking even the participating lawmakers based on content that is not even in the proposed bill is an absurd thing to say to lawmakers who must bear political responsibility."
"Cho Kuk pinpointed targets, and hardline supporters and YouTubers circulated web posters attacking the lawmakers who joined the proposal," she said. "This is defamation based on false information, and he must take responsibility going forward," she warned.
Regarding the controversy over the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation authority, Kim explained that the Democratic Party had also prepared measures to protect the socially vulnerable.
"While the supplementary investigation authority is being eliminated, provisions were included to fully refer seven types of crimes targeting the socially vulnerable," she said. "We designed the procedure so that the police do not close cases; instead, the prosecution reviews them once more and can request supplementary investigation if there are problems."
She added, "Reflecting the opinions of victims' groups and lawyers, we also prepared supplementary measures so that crimes targeting the socially vulnerable can be additionally reviewed through a dedicated supplementary investigation team at the Major Crimes Investigation Agency."
