Prosecution rejects warrant to access lawmaker's phone, bank account in opinion rigging scandal probe
Social affairsApr 26, 2018
The prosecution rejected a police request for a warrant to access mobile phone and bank account records of a key ruling party lawmaker linked to an influential blogger accused of rigging Internet comments for political purposes, police officials said Thursday.Police filed the request for a warrant to trace phone call records and bank accounts of Rep. Kim Kyoung-soo of the ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday, but the prosecution turned down the request, saying such a warrant is not deemed necessar