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October 08, 2008
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| Moon Kook-hyun indicted The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted Moon Kook-hyun, head of the Creative Korea Party, over allegations that his party sold a proportional legislative seat on the eve of the April elections. The prosecution said it had no choice but to go ahead and prosecute Moon without questioning him directly because he had ignored nine summonses sent since April, and the statute of limitations expires tomorrow. The prosecutors said they also failed to arrest Moon because the National Assembly did not grant the necessary permission to do so. Suwon prosecutors have handed over the results of their investigation to the Seoul prosecutors. According to prosecutors, Creative Korea Representative Lee Han-jung is suspected of having paid 600 million won ($448,598) to the party to secure his position. Moon and another party official in charge of party finances allegedly took the money. Last month, Lee was found guilty of violating election law and sentenced to three years in prison. He appealed the conviction. The Creative Korea Party official was convicted of receiving the money and sentenced to eight months. He also appealed. Moon has emphasized clean politics since he was a presidential candidate and has denied the allegations. He is the third party chairman to face indictment on charges of election law violation during this session of the National Assembly. By Ser Myo-ja Staff Reporter [myoja@joongang.co.kr] |
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