Seoul: A special counsel team on Friday further indicted former first lady Kim Keon Hee on charges of taking luxury gifts, including a designer necklace and watch, from multiple people seeking business favors.
According to Yonhap News Agency, charges against Kim include taking a Van Cleef and Arpels necklace worth more than 100 million won (US$69,213) from the chairman of a construction company in 2022 and receiving a gold turtle the same year from Lee Bae-yong, who was later named head of the National Education Commission.
Along with Kim, six people were indicted, including the two, on charges of providing valuables to the former first lady in exchange for business favors in or around 2022, the investigation team said.
The special counsel team earlier indicted Kim, the wife of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, on separate charges of corruption and bribery, for which prosecutors sought a 15-year prison term earlier this month.