Ex-spy chief grilled over agency's alleged illegal payments to Park aides
Social affairsNov 13, 2017
A former chief of the National Intelligence Service was questioned by prosecutors on Monday over allegations that the agency paid billions of won of its off-book funds to two aides of then-President Park Geun-hye during his term.Lee Byung-kee appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office around 9:30 a.m. He told reporters, "I owe an apology for having caused concern and disappointment in the public over the agency's fund suspected of being channeled into Cheong Wa Dae."But he did no