Former South Korean President Moon Jae-In Indicted For Corruption

2025-04-23 10:12:11

(MENAFN- Live Mint) South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in was indicted on corruption charges related to the employment of his son-in-law at Thai airline, prosecutors said Thursday.

Moon was "indicted for corruption for receiving 217 million won (USD 150,000) in connection with facilitating the employment of his son-in-law at an airline," the Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office was quoted by AFP as saying in a statement.

While Moon was indicted for bribery, former lawmaker Lee Sang-jik was indicted for bribery and breach of trust , the Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office said in a statement.

According to Japan Times, prosecutors had been investigating whether Lee's appointment as the head of an SMEs and Startups Agency was in exchange for Moon's former son-in-law getting a job and receiving a salary at the Thai-based corporation that Lee controlled in 2018-2020.

The prosecution reportedly alleged that the salary Moon's son-in-law received as an executive director was irregular and constituted a bribe to the then-president.

Moon, Lee and their legal representatives have not commented yet.

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