Parliamentary audit enters third week with focus on prosecution reform

As the National Assembly audit entered its third week on the 19th, eight standing committees, including the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the Political Affairs Committee, and the National Defense Committee, held hearings simultaneously at the National Assembly, with the Lee Jae-myung government's prosecution reform and the series of hacking incidents in the financial sector emerging as major points of contention.

The hacking incidents in the financial sector took center stage at the Political Affairs Committee. The heads of five major banks — KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and NH NongHyup — attended as witnesses. Ruling and opposition lawmakers, along with audits of the Financial Supervisory Service, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Korea Inclusive Finance Agency, pressed for details on the recent spate of financial sector hacks and measures to prevent recurrence.

At the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee's audit of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Gyeonggi Province, suspicions surrounding Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon over the Han River bus project and attacks on Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae over her "fiscal straw" remark about fire services each emerged as key issues.

The National Defense Committee audited the Korea Army Academy and other institutions, with a battle expected over the plan to integrate the military service academies.