President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Tuesday.
Yonhap The government endorsed a revised bill that completely strips the prosecution of its direct investigative powers, including the authority to conduct supplementary investigations, during a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Lee Jae Myung Tuesday.
The approval of the prosecution reform bill clears the way for a sweeping overhaul of Korea's criminal justice system following its passage by the National Assembly, Friday.
The revised law, which will take effect on Oct. 2, will end more than seven decades of prosecutorial authority to both investigate and indict.
Lee has supported abolishing the prosecution's supplementary investigative powers — the reform's main point of contention.
