Kim Nam-jun, chairman of the Police Investigation Reform Committee for Enhancing Public Trust, leaves a meeting room at the Korean National Police Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, after a session with the National Association of Sexual Violence Counseling Centers on Thursday.
Kim Nam-jun, chairman of the Police Investigation Reform Committee for Enhancing Public Trust, leaves a meeting room at the Korean National Police Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, after a session with the National Association of Sexual Violence Counseling Centers on Thursday.

Lee Yun-je, a Myongji University law professor and former deputy special prosecutor in the insurrection investigation, has joined the police investigation reform committee established in the wake of the "Jang Yun-gi case," which exposed signs of systematic cover-ups within the police.

The committee said Saturday that Lee was appointed as a member on Thursday.

A former prosecutor, Lee served as a deputy special prosecutor on the insurrection special counsel team that investigated the Dec. 3 emergency martial law crisis, and previously served on the Justice Ministry and Prosecution Reform Committee under the Moon Jae-in administration.

The committee is focusing its discussions on ways to address the structural problems in police investigations revealed by the Jang Yun-gi case, as well as measures to strengthen support for victims.


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