Prosecutors raid judge's office, house in 'toe gov't line' scandal

Prosecutors raided the office and residence of a senior judge Monday as part of the ongoing probe into allegations that former Supreme Court officials attempted to interfere with trials to gain policy favors from the presidential office in return.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office sent its investigators to search the premises of Lee Kyu-jin, a Seoul High Court judge and a former member of the Sentencing Commission of the Supreme Court, in Seoul.

Lee is suspected of involvement in drawing up surveillance reports on judges critical of then Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae's plan to establish a new court of appeals, when Yang was in office from 2011-17.

He is also alleged to have used his position to interfere with some politically sensitive trials. He has been suspended from trials pending the probe. (Yonhap)