Prosecutors' Office Conducts Search of Jeong Jeom-sik Lawmaker's Office Over Alleged Report-for-Hire Scandal (Update)

Prosecutors from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) investigating the 'allegations of report solicitation' conducted a search and seizure at the office of Jeong Jeom-sik, a member of the People Power Party, in the National Assembly Members' Office Building on the 6th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (PCC) conducted a search and seizure at the office of Jeong Jeom-sik, a member of the People Power Party, on the 6th in connection with the investigation into the 'accusation solicitation' allegations.

At around 9:50 a.m. that day, nine PCC prosecutors and investigators entered Jeong's office to carry out the search and seizure.

Jeong, who served as the head of the People Power Party's Legal Support Group, is known to have delivered a draft complaint against Choi Kang-wook, a member of the Open Democratic Party, to the Party Audit Office last year. The Party Audit Office then passed it on to the lawyer in charge of the accusation, who submitted it to the prosecution.

Previously, the PCC also conducted a search and seizure at the office of Kim Woong, a member of the National Assembly.

Heo Eun-ah, the chief spokesperson for the People Power Party, criticized, "This time, the PCC brazenly forced a search and seizure of the opposition party's lawmaker's office during the National Assembly audit period," adding, "Conducting a search and seizure on opposition lawmakers during the audit is a clear suppression of the opposition, an act of obstructing the audit, and furthermore, a destructive act against the legislative branch that undermines the separation of powers."

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