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The government has tried to secure a fair, transparent and effective judicial system, submitting wide-ranging reform plans to the National Assembly in 2005.
Finally the Criminal Procedure Act has been revised throughout almost all the sections in 2007. Among the important sections, the investigation System including arrest, detention, search, seizure, interrogation of suspect etc. has been revised drastically.
Under the new acts are many changes going to be enforced in the criminal procedure system. In particular, the investigation authority will undergo extensive reform. For example, all suspects will now have the right for their lawyer to participate in an interrogation. These measures will check investigation agencies, who have hitherto enjoyed too much power. Investigation procedures might be interrupted if a lawyer misuses the right to object. But considering that investigation agencies have been notorious for exerting excessive pressure during interrogations, they should accept that they are the reason for this change.
This study aims to analyze the problems of the investigation system in the revised Criminal Procedure Act and to propose the solutions of it.