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"Is Ignoring Victims Prosecution Reform?"… Judiciary Subcommittee Disrupted Due to Heated Squabble Among Ruling Party Lawmakers

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Kyu-jin = Lawmakers from the pan-ruling bloc, including the Democratic Party of Korea and the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, discussed the amendment to the Act on Punishment of Sexual Crimes at the Subcommittee of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 16th...

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Kyu-jin = Lawmakers from the pan-ruling bloc, including the Democratic Party of Korea and the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, discussed the amendment to the Act on Punishment of Sexual Crimes at the Subcommittee of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 16th...

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The Bill Review Subcommittee 1 of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee was disrupted on the 16th due to disagreements within the Democratic Party of Korea while reviewing follow-up bills to the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act that abolished the prosecution's investigative powers. The amendment to the Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes, which the Subcommittee 1 was scheduled to review that day, included…

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A meeting of the 1st Subcommittee on Bill Review of the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee was disrupted due to differences of opinion among Democratic Party lawmakers regarding an amendment to the Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence that restricts the admissibility of video evidence from sexual violence victims. This incident brought to the surface the internal conflict within the ruling party over the direction of pro…

On the 16th, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-hee stated that she “finds it difficult to agree” with an amendment to the Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence that excludes video recordings of interviews conducted by prosecutors with minor victims of sexual violence from being recognized as evidence. Following a meeting of the First Subcommittee on Bill Review of the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee, Rep. Kim posted on Fac…

Disagreements have surfaced within the Democratic Party of Korea regarding the amendment to the Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence, concerning the admissibility of video recordings of statements by sexual violence victims under the age of 19 as evidence. Representative Kim Nam-hee of the Democratic Party, who attended the Bill Review Subcommittee 1 of the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee at 11 a.m. on the 16th to discus…

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매일신문 broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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