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S.Korea’s ex-justice minister faces multiple charges
Cho Kuk charged over 11 alleged offenses, including academic, financial wrongdoing
Zehra Nur Duz |
31.12.2019 - Update : 01.01.2020
ANKARA
South Korea's former Justice Minister Cho Kuk was indicted Tuesday on multiple charges, including bribery, according to local media reports.
Prosecutors in the capital Seoul charged Cho, once a senior aide to President Moon Jae-in, with 11 alleged offenses, including obstruction of business and document forgery, Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency reported.
The indictment follows a months-long investigation into “suspicions of academic and financial wrongdoing” by Cho and his family, Yonhap said.
Prosecutors did not demand his detention, it added.
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