The anti-corruption investigation office questioned the commander of the Marine Corps, Saturday, as part of a probe into an alleged influence-peddling case related to the death of a young Marine last year, according to officials.
The corruption investigation office for high-level officials has called in key suspects for questioning over allegations that presidential and defense officials interfered in a sensitive military inquiry concerning the on-duty death of a Marine last year, multiple sources said Friday. Yoo Jae-eun, a legal affairs official at the defense ministry, and Park Kyung-hoon, a former acting chief of the Criminal Investigatio.
A ranking defense ministry official, named as a suspect in allegations of external pressure on the military investigation into last year s death of a young Marine, was questioned by the anti-corruption investigation office Monday for the second time in four days.
The anti-corruption investigation office called in a key suspect for questioning Friday as part of an investigation into allegations that presidential and defense officials had interfered in a sensitive military inquiry concerning the on-duty death of a Marine last year.
The anti-corruption investigation office has raided the office of Marine Corps Commandant Lt. Gen. Kim Kye-hwan over an alleged influence-peddling case related to the death of a young Marine last year, multiple sources said Thursday. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials searched Kim's office at the Marine Corps headquarters in Hwaseong, some 40 kilometers south of Seoul, Wednesday to se.