Jung Gi-taek |
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
Prosecutors are seeking to arrest the head of a fan club for President Lee Myung-bak over an allegation that he received a bribe from a troubled company in return for influence-peddling.
Jung Gi-taek, 60, who serves as the head of ``Myung Love,'' the second-largest civic group supporting the President, is at large, large prosecutors said.
He allegedly received a 400 million won bribe from an illegal pyramid selling company, promising to help the firm avoid investigation of alleged fraud by using his connection with Cheong Wa Dae.
The arrest warrant for Jung was issued Thursday but he has been on the run for over a month.
Prosecutors have been looking into the case as Jung's assistant secretary was arrested last August on the charge that he received a huge bribe from the pyramid selling company, which was charged for fraud involving 130 billion won.
The secretary proposed that the firm provide 2 billion won to his boss in return for freeing the company from the ongoing fraud investigation. Out of the requested sum, 400 million won was handed over to Jung, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors are looking into the possibility the bribe was used to lobby politicians.
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