[2026 Parliamentary Audit] Acting Prosecutor General Lee Jeonghyun: "Still falling short of public expectations... will strive to fulfill our fundamental role"

"Public Prosecution Office launched, leaving the prosecution's name behind"
Emphasizes response to crimes affecting people's daily lives, economic crimes, and collusion
"Will humbly heed advice and counsel at parliamentary audit"

Lee Jeonghyun, deputy chief of the Public Prosecution Office and acting Prosecutor General, said on the 22nd, "I believe there are still many areas where we fall short of what the public hopes to see," adding, "We will make greater efforts to ensure the Public Prosecution Office fulfills its fundamental role."

Lee Jeong-hyun, acting prosecutor general, answers lawmakers' questions during a parliamentary audit of the Public Prosecution Office (formerly the Supreme Prosecutors' Office) held by the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 22nd. Yonhap News Agency

In his opening remarks at the Public Prosecution Office's parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee that day, Lee said, "Now that the Public Prosecution Office has been launched, leaving the name of the prosecution behind, I will humbly listen to the warm counsel and thoughtful advice offered here today."

The remarks are seen as a commitment to faithfully carry out the role assigned to the Public Prosecution Office under the new criminal justice system, following the abolition of the prosecution offices and the launch of the Public Prosecution Office with the implementation of the revised Criminal Procedure Act and other laws on October 2.

Regarding its work over the past year, Lee said, "We focused our capabilities on responding to crimes affecting people's daily lives, including sexual violence, voice phishing, and drug-related crimes." He added, "We also responded rigorously to economic crimes that threaten the foundations of our community and various collusion offenses that undermine a fair market economy."

In the labor sector, he said the office had made efforts to create an environment where workers can work with confidence by responding firmly to wage arrears and serious industrial accidents. Regarding support for crime victims, he said, "We did everything possible to protect and support victims so they could fully return to their daily lives."

Lee stressed, "Over the past year, all members of the Public Prosecution Office worked to fulfill their fundamental role of protecting the public from crimes affecting people's daily lives and safeguarding their basic rights," adding, "We will continue to faithfully carry out our assigned role so that people can live safely and comfortably under the protection of the law."

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