Concerns about the abuse of investigative powers are rising as police repeatedly assign the case to a specific team, despite the prosecution's request for supplementary investigation.
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Allegations of election law violations by Jinan County Chief Jeon Chun-seong have been continuously reported by citizens and preliminary candidates since last year. Approximately three repeated complaints have been filed since the initial accusation.
Each time complaints about Jinan County Chief Jeon Chun-seong's election law violation are received, they are assigned to the Jinan Police Station, the jurisdictional police station. This has led to suspicions that the cases are not being effectively processed and are, in fact, being continuously covered up.
Criticism has emerged that the police are ignoring the prosecution's active right to request supplementary investigations. In particular, the continuous assignment of this case to an investigation team leader who has a special relationship with County Chief Jeon Chun-seong is intensifying doubts about the fairness of the investigation.
With the launch of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency and the Public Prosecution Service in October, the prosecution's right to request supplementary investigations will be abolished, and the police will effectively gain the power to conclude investigations. The prosecution will only be able to exercise its right to request supplementary investigations. Critics argue that cases like the ongoing Jinan County Chief incident are a preview of the adverse effects of police investigative power abuse that such changes will bring. Concerns are mounting that there may be insufficient mechanisms to check the police's exercise of investigative conclusion power.
It is argued that the current Jinan County Chief election law violation case effectively serves as a precursor to potential police abuse of investigative powers after the launch of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency and the Public Prosecution Service in October. This incident highlights the need for checks and oversight of the police's strengthened investigative powers in the future.
Despite President Lee Jae-myung's order to deliberate on potential side effects of the complete abolition of supplementary investigative powers, criticism has been raised that the Democratic Party leader and hardline members of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee ignored this and pushed it through. The lack of sufficient deliberation in the process of abolishing supplementary investigative powers has been pointed out as a problem.
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