Prosecutors raided a mid-size construction firm Tuesday in their broadening investigation into a bribery scandal involving heavyweight politicians, prosecution sources said.
Eight high-profile politicians and former and incumbent senior presidential secretaries are facing suspicions of taking money from Sung Wan-jong, the late head of Keangnam Enterprises Inc.
Accused of embezzlement charges, Sung hanged himself earlier this month, leaving a list of the eight politicians whom, Sung claimed, he had given money.
Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo has offered to step down as he faces allegations of taking 30 million won ($27,700) from Sung during his parliamentary bid in 2013.
A team of prosecutors and investigators stormed the headquarters of Keangnam Enterprises in central Seoul earlier in the day as they tried to secure computer hard disks, other documents and closed-circuit television records, according to the sources
It is the prosecution’s third raid of the construction firm in two months following the first one in connection with the probe into Sung’s corporate fund embezzlement allegations.
Lee may be the first of the eight suspects to face a summons in the bribery scandal probe, the sources said. (Yonhap)
