Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for former tax chief over NIS funds
Social affairsFeb 9, 2018
Prosecutors requested a court warrant on Friday to arrest Lee Hyun-dong, former head of the National Tax Service, for suspected involvement in the state spy agency's secret operation against the late President Kim Dae-jung during the previous Lee Myung-bak government.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office accuses Lee of taking tens of millions of won from the National Intelligence Service in 2010 to carry out the operation aimed at uncovering a Kim slush fund rumored to be hidden oversea