Arrest warrant sought for former finance minister over NIS fund scandal
Social affairsDec 11, 2017
Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for former Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan on Monday over the allegations that he took bribes from the spy agency during the preceding Park Geun-hye administration.Choi, currently a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, is suspected of having pocketed 100 million won ($92,000) from the National Intelligence Service in 2014. This photo, taken Dec. 7, 2017, shows former Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan leaving the prosecution`s office in Seoul a