2008 Grand National Party Convention bribery incident

The 2008 Grand National Party Convention is a political scandal in the South Korean politics that exposed higher-level political corruption within the ranks of the Lee Myung-bak government. The connections surrounding the Lee Myung-bak government has also affected the performance of the Grand National Party. A GNP lawmaker, Koh Seung-duk, was instrumental of exposing it by reporting his knowledge about the corruption incident to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.[1][2]

Development of the Investigation

At first, the SPO raided the house of a former aide to Park Hee-tae, Koh Myung-jin.[3] Later, the SPO has also detained the key campaigner to Park Hee-tae, Ahn Byung-yong, for delivering money to other party members during the 2008 legislative election.[4]

See also

References
  1. Lee, Hyo-sik (2012-01-08). "GNP lawmaker claims Assembly Speaker's aide tried to bribe him". Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  2. "S. Korea rocked by cash-for-vote scandal". AFP. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  3. Choi, He-suk (2012-01-11). "Speaker's ex-aide detained in GNP vote-buying case". Korean Herald. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  4. Na, Jeong-ju (2012-01-17). "Assembly speaker returns today to face investigation". Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
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