Prosecution asks DP leader Lee to appear for questioning
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- The prosecution has asked new leader Lee Jae-myung of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) to appear for questioning next week, a DP spokesperson said Thursday, denouncing the investigation as "political revenge."
"The prosecution served Chairman Lee a summons for absurd reasons. This is a demand that we find hard to accept," the party's spokesperson, Rep. Park Sung-joon, told a press briefing.
"The DP cannot step back against political revenge on the leader of the main opposition and a former presidential candidate who competed against President Yoon Suk-yeol as well as political suppression to break up the main opposition."
Lee has been under probe on suspicion of violating the election law in connection with the so-called Baekhyeon-dong Scandal.
mlee@yna.co.kr
(END)
-
Opposition leader calls on Yoon to reject imports of products from Japan's Fukushima -
DP leader says Yoon should have stormed out of summit with Japan if Dokdo issue raised -
Nat'l Assembly passes bill requiring gov't purchase of excess rice -
(LEAD) Nat'l Assembly passes bill requiring gov't purchase of excess rice
-
BTS' Jimin to release 1st individual album
-
S. Korea to allow online permit-free entry for tourists from 22 nations to spur spending -
(LEAD) U.S. Forces Korea holds first deployment training of THAAD 'remote' launcher -
Grandson of ex-President Chun apprehended at Incheon Int'l Airport over drug use -
Suspected Terraform co-founder arrested in Montenegro: police -
Zebra escapes from Seoul zoo
-
S. Korea to allow online permit-free entry for tourists from 22 nations to spur spending -
(LEAD) S. Korea to allow online permit-free entry for tourists from 22 nations to spur spending -
(LEAD) Yoon taps ambassador to U.S. as new nat'l security adviser -
Grandson of ex-President Chun released after investigation over drug use -
Girl group NewJeans says 'honesty' was key to its success
