President Lee Jae Myung accredited Wednesday a 30-day extension of an ongoing particular counsel investigation into allegations surrounding former first woman Kim Keon Hee, his workplace mentioned.
A crew, led by particular counsel Min Joong-ki, has been conducting an investigation into corruption and different fees involving Kim, together with her alleged involvement in a inventory manipulation scheme and meddling in candidate nominations for elections.
Min’s crew had prolonged its investigation twice after commencing its 90-day probe on July 2. Underneath the particular counsel regulation, the investigation may be prolonged as much as 3 times, and the third and ultimate extension will enable the probe to run by Dec. 14.
The particular counsel requested a 30-day extension of the investigation and the president gave his approval after reviewing the matter, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung mentioned in a discover to the press.
“We count on the particular counsel to proceed conducting a good and goal investigation in accordance with the regulation and rules,” she added.
