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Former Lee aide indicted for taking NIS money

By Yonhap

Published : Feb. 4, 2018 - 18:19

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Prosecutors on Sunday indicted an ex-aide to former President Lee Myung-bak for receiving illicit money from the National Intelligence Agency.

   Kim Jin-mo, who served as presidential secretary for civil affairs from 2009-2011, is charged with bribery and embezzlement, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said.

(Yonhap) (Yonhap)


   He is suspected of taking about 50 million won ($47,080) from the National Intelligence Service and using it to silence a whistleblower official who raised suspicions in April 2011 about the government's illegal surveillance of civilians.

   Kim was arrested on Jan. 17 along with Kim Paik-joon, who served as senior secretary for administrative affairs to Lee.

   The prosecution said it also plans to indict Kim Paik-joon, dubbed Lee's "butler," on Monday for receiving more than 400 million won from the NIS between 2008 and 2012. (Yonhap)

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