Prosecutors are recruiting personnel to be seconded to form the preparatory team for the launch of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (Jungsucheong), which will be established in October.
According to legal sources, the Ministry of Justice posted on the internal e-Pros system that it is accepting applications for secondment to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Jungsucheong launch preparatory team from prosecutors and general service civil servants at the Ministry of Justice's bureaus and offices, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and Prosecution Service branches and district offices. Applications are open until the 21st.
The total number of secondees is 38. The secondment period runs from the end of this month until Oct. 1 this year, just before Jungsucheong's launch. Of these, a total of three prosecutors will be recruited. The remaining 35 are prosecution investigators and civil servants.
The workplace will be the annex in Changseong-dong at Government Complex Seoul in Jongno District, Seoul, where the Jungsucheong launch preparatory team is scheduled to move in at the end of this month. The preparatory team will use the fourth floor of the annex together with the presidential office.
Jungsucheong is a new investigation-only agency that will take over the prosecution's investigative functions, which will be abolished on Oct. 2 under the amended Government Organization Act. With a staff of 3,000, it is expected to handle about 20,000 investigations a year.
The Jungsucheong launch preparatory team will oversee the entire pre-launch process, from enacting and revising laws and regulations related to Jungsucheong to organizational design, staffing, handing over duties from the prosecution, securing office space, budgeting, and building the investigation system.