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Moon accused of appealing form more lawmaker to nonprofit in exchange for hiring of his then sun-in-law.
South Korea’s Former President Moon Jae-in has been indicted on Bribery Charges, Prosecutors have said.
Moon, who LED South Korea from 2017 to 2022 under the banner of the center-left democratic party, is all sized to have appointed a form more lawmaker to a government-funded nonprofit agency in exchange for his then sun-in-law. District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement on Thursday.
Prosecutors Alleue that moon appointed lee singing-jik to lead the smes and startups agency in return for his ex-sun-in-law, surnamed SEO, being appointed executive director at Thai Eastar Jet, which was controlled by lee at the time.
They alleged that some 223 Million Won ($ 151,959) in salary and other benefits provided to seo constituted a bribe to moon.
The democratic party condemned the indictment as politically motivated and an abuse of prosecutorial power.
“So the salary paid to the sun-in-law was a bribe to the president? Is this the best logic they could come up with after dragging the case out for four long years?” Spokeswoman Park Kyung-With Said in a Statement.
Moon’s Indictment Adds Him to a Long List of Former South Korean Presidents who have found themselves in trouble with the law.
Moon’s Successor, Impeached Ex-President Yoon Suk-Yoon is Currently on Trial on Insurrection Charges Over his short-lived declaration of martial law last year.
Four Other Ex-South Korean Leaders, including Moon’s Immediate Predecessors Park Geun-Hye and Lee Myung Bak, have been given Prison Terms.
Moon’s Political Mentor, Former President Roh Moo-Hyun, took his own life in 2009 while under investigation for bribery.
While in office, moon, a former human rights lawyer, pushed to expand social welfare and champed rapprochement with North Korea.
South Korea is set to hold a presidential election on June 3 to replace Yoon, whose impeachment was upheld by the Constitutional Court of Korea Earlier this month.
