President to request confirmation hearing for embattled nominee for chief of investigation bureau

President Lee Jae Myung Will Soon Ask The National Assembly To Hold A Confirmation Hearing For His Nominee For The Inaugural Chief Of The Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCIA), A Presidential Official Said Thursday. Cheong Wa Dae Will Soon Submit A Request To The National Assembly For A Parliamentary Confirmation Hearing For Kim Ji-yong, Who Has Been Nominated To Head The New Agency, Presidential Secretary For Public Relations Seong Ghi-hong Said. The Decision Was Announced A Day Before The SCIA Is Set To Launch, Along With The Public Prosecution Service, As Part Of The Lee Administration's Prosecution Reform Aimed At Stripping The Prosecution Of Investigative Rights, Tasking Them With Only Indicting And Maintaining Indictments Against Suspects. The President Nominated Kim Early Last Month At The Recommendation Of The Interior Minister, But Suspicions Have Since Been Raised Within The Ruling Democratic Party That Kim Had Once Opposed Prosecution Reform. Seong Said That Since The Nomination, The Presidential Office Has Carried Out An Additional Verification Process, Adding That Its R

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