Tariff Service Administrator Lee Myung-gu said on the 21st that it is necessary to prevent harm to the public from an investigative vacuum.
Lee, the Administrator, answered this way when asked at the National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee audit whether the command structure for investigations by the Korea Customs Service's special judicial police would change due to the separation of the prosecution's investigation and indictment powers.
Lee said, "At present, the personnel of the Office for Government Policy Coordination (OPC) prosecution reform task force do not include (Korea Customs Service staff)," adding, "We are working to convey the Korea Customs Service's views to the task force."
Lee said, "When economic crimes such as false disclosures, inflated sales, and property crimes are found, we currently turn them over to the prosecution as reference materials." He added, "We are still considering how to respond in areas where the Korea Customs Service does not have direct investigative authority."