Prosecutors on Tuesday raided the homes of former special counsel Park Young-soo’s daughter and wife, widening their probe into Park’s ties to a prominent land development scandal.
Former special counsel Park Young-soo appeared at a warrant review hearing held Thursday morning to determine whether he should be arrested over corruption allegations tied to a prominent land development scandal.
Prosecutors raided ten locations on Tuesday as part of their probe into allegations that former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do and his son received a large bribe from a company at the center of the Daejang-dong development corruption scandal.
Prosecutors are under fire for their half-baked investigations after the court found former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do not guilty of bribery in the first trial and after another court cleared Rep. Yoon Mi-hyang of most embezzlement charges.
If the prosecution is sure Kwak’s misdeeds are serious, it must come up with a strong case in the second trial.
The Seoul Central District Court rejected allegations that the 5 billion won ($4 million) given by Daejang-dong developer Hwacheon Daeyu to Kwak’s son in March 2021 as a severance and performance bonus was bribery of the former lawmaker.
Prosecutors on Wednesday sought a 15-year prison term for a former lawmaker accused of taking a large amount of bribes from a land developer at the center of a big development corruption scandal.
Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a former opposition lawmaker accused of accepting bribes in the form of severance pay for his son from an asset firm at the center of a massive development corruption scandal.
A two-term lawmaker of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said Sunday he will sue President Moon Jae-in this week to compensate for damages he suffered from the state authorities' investigations into unsubstantiated allegations against him.
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