Lee asks PM to take lead in police reform drive amid scandal over missing person cases

President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday ordered the government to draw up a police reform plan, a day after asking police to come up with their own proposals, as scrutiny intensifies over officers alleged mishandling of cases. In the last week, suspicions have emerged that two missing persons cases were closed on fraudulent grounds. Searches uncovered the bodies of the two people after their families sought continued investigation. Police are set to assume greater investigative powers in October, but