Home, office of Nonghyup chief raided over alleged illegal electioneering
Jun 17, 2016
Prosecutors raided the home and office of the president of South Korea's state-run farmers' cooperative Friday over allegations he was elected through illegal campaigning.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Kim Byeong-won is suspected of getting involved in irregularities committed during the January election where he was named the chief of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.Prosecutors said they confiscated documents related to his campaigning, including campaign r