Reuters, SEOULSouth Korean prosecutors yesterday indicted former minister of justice Cho Kuk on a dozen charges, including bribery, two months after he resigned over a scandal involving family investment and university admissions for his children. The accusations are a setback for South Korean President Moon Jae-in after the liberal leader named Cho, a former top aide, to the Cabinet post to lead reform of the prosecutors’ office, which critics saw as being susceptible to political pressure. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted Cho and his wife over family investment and use of their position to gain admissions for their children, it said in a statement. Together with his wife, Chung Kyung-shim, he is being prosecuted for falsifying documents regarding family investments and efforts to gain university admissions. Cho stepped down in October after just one month in office, saying the graft scandal had become a political burden for Moon’s government.

Source: Taipei Times December 31, 2019 16:30 UTC