Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon appeared earlier than particular counsel investigators Saturday for face-to-face questioning with self-proclaimed energy dealer Myung Tae-kyun over corruption allegations.
Oh arrived on the workplace of particular counsel Min Joong-ki shortly earlier than 9 a.m. to be questioned over alleged violations of the political funds act linked to transactions involving unpublished opinion polls throughout his 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election.
The mayor was beforehand questioned by prosecutors in Could, but it surely marks his first look earlier than the particular counsel.
The investigation facilities on allegations that Kim Han-jung, a supporter of Oh, requested a polling firm successfully operated by Myung to conduct 13 unpublished opinion polls through the by-election and paid 33 million gained ($22,650) for them on Oh’s behalf.
Earlier than getting into workplace, Oh confirmed reporters a printed copy of a information report indicating that the unpolished opinion polls Myung claimed to have supplied to his marketing campaign had been largely fabricated and never usually shared, citing a forensic investigation.
Myung appeared round 9:15 a.m. as a witness within the case. He informed reporters that Kim Han-jung might have despatched him cash at Oh’s instruction.
Investigators are anticipated to query Oh on whether or not he was conscious of Kim’s funds to Myung and whether or not they had been made in alternate for the polling company’s conducting unpublished opinion polls through the marketing campaign.
