Overview
- The special counsel transferred allegations involving Democratic Party figures to the National Police Agency, saying they fall outside its legal mandate tied to the former first lady.
- President Lee directed a strict, party-neutral investigation and asked officials to examine legal options that could include dissolving religious entities found to have interfered in politics unlawfully.
- Former Unification Church official Yun Young-ho is expected to name Democratic Party lawmakers he claims received funds during his final court hearing today, according to sources.
- Prosecutors have already indicted People Power Party lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong and senior church figures over alleged 2022 financing, as critics question the probe’s consistency and the counsel defends its scope.
- Authorities flagged timing pressure because alleged payments from 2018 could expire under the Political Funds Act’s seven-year statute of limitations at year-end.