Lee says revision to Criminal Procedure Act will be 'start of judicial normalization'

President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday defended a recently passed legal revision abolishing prosecutors' authority to conduct direct investigations as "the beginning of judicial normalization," signaling his intention to sign the bill into law despite calls from the opposition party to veto it. The president made the remarks at a Cabinet meeting following the National Assembly's passage of the revision to the Criminal Procedure Act, under which the prosecution will be stripped of its authority to co