Seoul: Two former heads of South Korea’s spy agency were arrested on suspicion of paying millions of dollars in bribes to aides of ousted president Park Geun-hye, as a widening corruption scandal rocks the country.
Nam Jae-joon and Lee Byung-kee, ex-heads of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), were arrested yesterday for allegedly handing at least 4 billion won (RM15.17mil) of their agency’s budget to Park’s aides in monthly payments in exchange for career advancement.
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