SEOUL, June 20 (UPI) -- South Korean police will be given an independent investigative authority with which they can investigate crimes without prosecutors' supervision in a long-sought reform by President Moon Jae-in.
Part of the police-prosecutor investigative power reform, police will be given the right to initiate and terminate crime investigation without approval from the prosecution's office. Prosecutors will see their investigative rights limited to certain cases in need of their direct investigation.