Rep. Cho Jeong-sik, speaker of the National Assembly, on Wednesday defended controversial provisions in a special counsel bill aimed at investigating alleged prosecutorial abuses of power against President Lee Jae Myung before he took office. Speaking at a debate in Seoul hosted by the Kwanhun Club, a journalists' association, attended by senior staff from South Korean news organizations, the six-term lawmaker said it was "not unlawful" for prosecutors dispatched to the special counsel team to h