FILE PHOTO: Houses are seen in Seoul August 1, 2012. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Photo
SEOUL (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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