Moon accused or appointed former legislator for the non -profit organization in exchange for hiring or his son -in -law.
The former president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, has been accused of bribes, prosecutors said.
It is alleged that Moon, who led to South Korea from 2017 to 2022 under the flag of the Democratic Party of the Central-left, appointed a former legislator of a non-profit financial agency in exchange for his then son in the air, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee, employee. Employee, employee, employee. Empty, employee, empty. The prosecutors’ office said in a statement on Thursday.
Prosecutors claim that Moon appointed Lee Sang-Jik to direct the SME and startup agency in exchange for his former son, surname SEO, being appointed executive director in Thai Eastar Jet, which was controlled at the moment.
They claim that some 223 million won ($ 151,959) in salary and other benefits given to SEO constituted a bribe to the moon.
The Democratic party condemned the accusation as political motivation and an abuse of fiscal power.
“So, the salary paid to son -in -law was a bribe for the president? Is this the best logic they could find after dragging the case for four long years?” Spokeswoman Park Kyung-Mee said in a statement.
Moon’s accusation adds it to a long list of former presidents of South Korea who have been found in trouble with the law.
Moon’s successor, former president Yoon Suk-Yool, is currently in trial for insurrection charges on his short martial law statement last year.
Four other former South Korea leaders, including the immediate predecessors of Moon, Park Geun-Hye and Lee Myung-Bak, have received prison terms.
Moon’s political mentor, former President Roh Moo-Hyun, took his life in 2009 while he was under bribery investigation.
While he was in office, Moon, a former human rights lawyer, pressed to expand social welfare and defended the approach with North Korea.
South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3 to replace Yoon, whose political trial was confirmed by the Constitutional Court of Korea earlier this month.