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Prosecutors raid ruling party lawmaker's office in probe of new housing info leak

By Yonhap

Published : Oct. 1, 2018 - 09:33

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Prosecutors raided the National Assembly office of a ruling party lawmaker Monday as part of a probe into allegations he leaked information on new housing development areas, including his own constituency.

Rep. Shin Chang-hyun of the Democratic Party is accused of releasing documents on eight candidate districts for new housing developments in Gyeonggi Province. Gwacheon, Shin's constituency, was apparently one of them. 


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Investigators were sent to search the premises to obtain evidence.

Prosecutors began a probe after the main opposition Liberty Korea Party filed a complaint against Shin.

The National Assembly has recently agreed to move Shin from the parliament's transportation committee to the environment and labor committee. (Yonhap)