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Commencement of criminal investigation
Transfer
- A judicial police officer should transfer the investigation records of a criminal case and the related evidences to the prosecution service, a procedure referred to as transfer.
- When transferring the investigation results to the prosecution service, the judicial police officer should express his/her opinion regarding the case based on the investigation results. The prosecutor refers to the opinion of the judicial police officer when closing the case, but such opinion is not necessarily binding on the prosecutor??s final decision.
- All criminal cases, as booked and investigated by judicial police officers, should be transferred to the prosecution service, and as deemed necessary, such cases will be investigated by the prosecution service. Based on the investigation results, the prosecutor will finally decide whether to indict the defendant or not to.