SEOUL: A bid by South Korea's government to increase police oversight has sparked a protest by some officers, which drew criticism on Monday (Jul 25) from a top minister who referred to the role the security forces played in the past to support authoritarian rule. The dispute comes as a new conservative go
SEOUL: A bid by South Korea's government to increase police oversight has sparked a protest by some officers, which drew criticism on Monday from a top minister who referred to the role the security forces played in the past to support authoritarian rule.
Interior Minister Lee Sang-min criticised the officers for defying a warning from the national police chief against the meeting."It is extremely dangerous that these groups who are capable of arming themselves gather arbitrarily, in defiance of orders from their superiors, and protest government measures."
The new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is a former prosecutor-general who aims to tighten the government's grip on the police. Some previous governments have criticised the national prosecutors' office as too politically powerful and have sought to divide its authority to investigate matters and indict offenders, provoking opposition from prosecutors.
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