A new government agency replacing the prosecution will be tasked with investigating nine major types of crime, including corruption and insurrection, with oversight from the interior minister, a task force said Monday. The so-called serious crimes investigation agency is one of two agencies, along with the indictment agency, that will be established in October under a government reorganization bill that passed the National Assembly last September. The two bodies will replace the prosecution office and take on its investigative and indictment powers as part of President Lee Jae Myung's administration's drive to address longstanding criticism that the prosecution has abused its exclusive powers by carrying out politically motivated investigations. The new agencies' functions and compositions are outlined in two bills on their establishment, which were unveiled Monday by the prosecution reform task force under the Prime Minister's Office. The interior ministry, which has oversight over the serious crimes investigation agency, and the justice ministry, with oversight over the indictment offi