The ruling Uri Party says it will submit a revision to a law on pro-Japanese collaborators to the National Assembly on Wednesday.

The law, passed in March, is aimed at identifying Koreans who collaborated with Japanese colonialists during Japan's 35-year colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945.

The rulng party's revision would expand the criteria for Koreans alleged to have had past collusive ties with Japan to include former President Park Chung-hee and founders of major conservative dailies.

The revised law would label as collaborators people who worked as senior government, police and military officials and who advised other Koreans to adopt Japanese names.

The revision also seeks to delete a line from the previous collaborator law that bans the media from reporting on the findings of related investigations.

But the revised bill is drawing fire from the opposition GNP. Former GNP leader Park Geun-hye, the eldest daughter of the late President Park Chung-hee, criticized the revised bill, calling it politically motivated.

Former Pres. Park was a commissioned officer for Japan's imperial army during the colonial period.

Other critics have warned that the revised bill may spawn a witch hunt of sorts, further aggravating social conflicts.