Prosecutors investigating spy agency's alleged surveillance of Buddhist monk
Social affairsMay 31, 2018
Prosecutors have secured evidence that the National Intelligence Service illegally spied on the head monk of a Buddhist temple in Seoul in an attempt to oust him for criticizing the government of then-President Lee Myung-bak, officials said Thursday.Prosecutors plan to question the spy agency chief at the time, Won Sei-hoon, about suspicions that he ordered illegal surveillance on Ven. Myungjin, the then-head monk at the Bongeunsa temple in southern Seoul, after the monk publicly lashed out at t