Assembly passes revised spy agency law after eliminating opposition filibuster |
People Power Party lawmakers leave the main National Assembly hall in Seoul to boycott a voting on a revision bill on the National Intelligence Service Korea Act on Sunday. (Yonhap)
The National Assembly on Sunday passed a contentious bill aimed at transferring the state spy agency s authority to conduct anti-communist investigations to the police.
It is the last of the three bills that were recently approved by the assembly as part of the Moon Jae-in administration s long-planned push to reform so-called powerful institutions, such as the state prosecution service.
Last week, parliament approved a major police law revision that introduces a local autonomous police system and allows the establishment of a national investigation office and a bill on facilitating the launch of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO). The CIO is a non-prosecution body tasked with invest
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Nat l Assembly passes contentious bill on new investigative organ amid opposition protests |
National Assembly Speaker Rep. Park Byeong-seug bangs the gavel during a plenary session on Thursay. (Yonhap)
The National Assembly passed a contentious bill Thursday that would expedite the launch of a new investigative body handling high-profile corruption cases amid fierce protest from conservative opposition lawmakers.
The revision bill on the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) law passed a plenary session in a 187-99 vote. One lawmaker abstained.
The proposal was tabled at the last plenary meeting of the regular parliamentary session Wednesday, but the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) thwarted parliamentary voting on it by launching a filibuster.