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A former police chief was indicted Tuesday on charges of bribery, prosecutors said.
Cho Hyun-oh, the ex-commissioner of the National Police Agency, is suspected of receiving 50 million won ($43,000) from the owner of a local construction firm, only identified by his surname Chung, between 2010 and 2011.
Prosecutors said they have secured enough evidence, including the sources of the money as well as a record of a restaurant reservation from when the two met.
Cho has denied the allegations.
“While I met the owner a couple of times, I have never received money from anybody,” Cho told reporters earlier this month before entering the Busan District Public Prosecutor‘s Office.
In March last year, the Supreme Court upheld an eight-month jail sentence against Cho for making defamatory remarks against late President Roh Moo-hyun.
Cho claimed in 2010 that large amounts of money found in a bank account under another person’s name prompted Roh to commit suicide.
Roh jumped off a cliff to his death behind his retirement home in May 2009, a year after leaving office, amid a widening probe by prosecutors over allegations that members of his family accepted illicit funds. (Yonhap)
Cho Hyun-oh, the ex-commissioner of the National Police Agency, is suspected of receiving 50 million won ($43,000) from the owner of a local construction firm, only identified by his surname Chung, between 2010 and 2011.
Prosecutors said they have secured enough evidence, including the sources of the money as well as a record of a restaurant reservation from when the two met.
Cho has denied the allegations.
“While I met the owner a couple of times, I have never received money from anybody,” Cho told reporters earlier this month before entering the Busan District Public Prosecutor‘s Office.
In March last year, the Supreme Court upheld an eight-month jail sentence against Cho for making defamatory remarks against late President Roh Moo-hyun.
Cho claimed in 2010 that large amounts of money found in a bank account under another person’s name prompted Roh to commit suicide.
Roh jumped off a cliff to his death behind his retirement home in May 2009, a year after leaving office, amid a widening probe by prosecutors over allegations that members of his family accepted illicit funds. (Yonhap)
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Articles by Korea Herald
