South Korea’s former President Moon Jae-in has been indicted on bribery charges, prosecutors have said.
Moon, who led South Korea from 2017 to 2022 under the banner of the centre-left Democratic Party, is alleged to have appointed a former lawmaker to a government-funded nonprofit agency in exchange for his then son-in-law being employed at a Thailand-based airline, Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement on Thursday.
South Korea’s ex-President Moon Jae-in indicted for bribery
Moon accused of appointing former lawmaker to nonprofit in exchange for hiring of his then son-in-law.
Moon’s indictment adds him to a long list of former South Korean presidents who have found themselves in trouble with the law.
- Moon’s successor, impeached ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol, is currently on trial on insurrection charges over his short-lived declaration of martial law last year.
- Four other ex-South Korean leaders, including Moon’s immediate predecessors Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, have been given prison terms.
Moon’s political mentor, former President Roh Moo-hyun, took his own life in 2009 while under investigation for bribery.
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