Another S. Korean state housing official found dead amid property scandal


This picture taken on March 10, 2021 shows models preparing to display creations from fashion brand Greedilous designed by Park Youn-hee during a pre-recorded runway show for the 2021 Fall/Winter Seoul Fashion Week, to be held online March 22-27 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. - AFP

SEOUL, March 13 (Reuters): A second senior official from Korea Land and Housing Corp (LH) was found dead in Paju, north of South Korean capital Seoul, in an apparent suicide amid a growing insider property speculation scandal, an officer from the Paju Police Station said.

Yonhap news agency had reported the death earlier on Saturday, and had said the LH official did not appear to be a subject of a probe into the accusations of insider speculation by dozens of employees of the state housing corporation.

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