{"id":210121,"date":"2023-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/?guid=2a2432c4fff822219dd4981c502cfd39"},"modified":"2023-05-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:00:00","slug":"ex-dp-leader-song-to-voluntarily-appear-before-prosecutors-tuesday-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/ex-dp-leader-song-to-voluntarily-appear-before-prosecutors-tuesday-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-DP leader Song to voluntarily appear before prosecutors Tuesday: lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Song Young-gil, a former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), plans to voluntarily appear before prosecutors this week for questioning about a growing political funding scandal, his lawyer said Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Song will voluntarily appear at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office at 10 a.m. Tuesday,” lawyer Sun Jong-moon said in a message to the media.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The investigation centers on allegations that Song’s campaign officials distributed cash envelopes to party members prior to the party’s national convention in May 2021, during which Song was elected chairman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A composite photo of former opposition leader Song Young-gil and the prosecution <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Prosecutors raided Song’s home Saturday as part of the investigation, five days after he returned from Paris, where he was a visiting professor at the ESCP Business School. The prosecution imposed a travel ban on Song last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Song already expressed his intent to voluntarily appear before prosecutors upon arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, last Monday, but the prosecution said a summons will be sent to him later after it completes its preparations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The prosecution suspects Song may have directed or at least been aware of the suspected bribery, though he denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Song Young-gil, a former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), plans to voluntarily appear before prosecutors this week for questioning about a growing political funding scandal, his lawyer said Monday.”Song will voluntarily appear at t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n