Seoul: Prosecutors on Thursday raided Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's office and residence over allegations of corruption surrounding his ties with self-proclaimed power broker Myung Tae-kyun. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office sent prosecutors and investigators to Oh's office at Seoul City Hall and his residence in the morning to search for possible evidence linked to the allegations.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the prosecution has been looking into the suspicion that Kim Han-jung, a businessman known to be a supporter of Oh, asked the Future Korea Research Institute, a polling company effectively operated by Myung, to conduct 13 unpublished opinion polls during the 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election campaign and paid 33 million won (US$22,650) in polling costs on behalf of the Seoul mayor.
The Seoul prosecution has so far summoned Kim and Oh's aides for questioning over the alleged connection with Myung after taking over the case from the Changwon District Prosecutors Office in the southeastern city of Changwon, where Myung and the polling company are based. Myung has reportedly alleged that he met Oh seven times and had a three-way meeting involving Kim, but the Seoul mayor filed a complaint against the broker late last year, accusing him of fraud.