Top prosecutor offers to resign after passage of bill on stripping prosecution of investigative powers

Acting Prosecutor General Koo Ja-hyeon offered to resign Friday, shortly after the National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill aimed at abolishing the prosecution's direct investigative powers.

Koo told reporters Friday evening he has tendered his resignation offer to "take responsibility" for the passage of the contested bill.

The revision to the Criminal Procedure Act passed a plenary session in a 175-2 vote with one abstention, after the Assembly voted in favor o ...