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Ex-vice justice minister quizzed over sex scandal, bribery allegations

By Yonhap

Published : May 8, 2019 - 21:30

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Former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui was questioned by prosecutors as a suspect on Thursday over allegations that he received bribes and sexual services in return for business favors.

Kim, 63, appeared at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office at around 10 a.m. for probes by a special prosecution team over allegations that he attended a sex party hosted by construction contractor Yoon Jung-cheon.

"I'll faithfully undergo investigation," Kim told reporters upon arrival.


(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

Kim took office in 2013 as vice justice minister but stepped down after just six days as the sex scandal emerged.

In 2013 and 2014, he was probed by the prosecution and police over the suspicions, but was cleared of the charges due to lack of evidence. But prosecutors resumed the probe in March following a recommendation from a truth panel under the justice ministry.

Kim is alleged to have received bribes worth tens of millions of won from Yoon. The ex-vice minister also faces the suspicion that he raped women and appeared in sex videos with them.

The sex scandal became publicly known after a video clip was leaked showing a group of men, including one believed to be Kim, having a sex party with about 30 women in a remote villa owned by Yoon.

The footage is believed to have been filmed in 2007. During recent probes by the prosecution, Yoon reportedly said one of the figures in the sex video is Kim.

Kim has denied the allegations. (Yonhap)

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