Special counsel raids police, lawmakers


A special counsel team raided the national police agency as well as the offices and homes of current and former lawmakers as part of its investigation into corruption allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon-hee, legal sources said.

The team also dispatched prosecutors to a police station in Chuncheon, about 75km northeast of Seoul, to carry out search and seizure operations to secure investigation records related to alleged overseas gambling by Unification Church leadership.

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