S. Korean Parliament Passes Bill to Extend Independent Counsel Probe Into Ex-Presidential Couple
Lawmakers also expanded the probe’s staffing to 150 officials and added obstruction of audits to its scope, after a unanimous 173-0 vote.
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S. Korean parliament passes bill to extend independent counsel probe into ex-presidential couple
SEOUL, July 21 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's ruling party-controlled parliament passed a bill Tuesday to extend a high-profile independent counsel probe into former President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. The National Assembly, led by the Democratic Party, passed the comprehensive special counsel act amendment to investigate insurrection, treason and corruption involving the former presidential couple in
On the 21st, the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Second Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Act extending the investigation period of the second comprehensive special prosecutor by one month. The National Assembly held a plenary session on this day and passed the ‘Amendment to the Special Prosecutor Act for the Investigation of the Truth Regarding Insurrection, Foreign Exchange, and Manipulation of State Affairs by Yoon Suk-yeol and Ki…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Jae-ha = A bill to extend the investigation period of the second comprehensive special prosecutor, which is investigating the unfinished aspects of the three major special prosecutors (insurrection, Kim Kun-hee, and Chae Hae-byeong), was passed on the 21st...
Bill to Extend Comprehensive Special Counsel Introduced Led by Ruling Party; People Power Party Promises Filibuster for Public Security Politics, Vote Expected Tomorrow; Investigation Extended Until the 23rd of Next Month; Expansion of Dispatched Officials and Introduction of Prosecution Attorneys Also Proposed A bill to extend the investigation period of the 2nd Comprehensive Special Counsel, which is investigating unfinished aspects of the th…
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