Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, a former justice minister, speaks to reporters at the National Assembly in Seoul on July 31, 2026, shortly after parliament passed a bill, introduced by the ruling Democratic Party, during a plenary session to revise the Criminal Procedure Act to strip the prosecution of its direct investigative powers. Lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party left the session in protest, abstaining from a vote on the bill. (Yonhap)

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