Prosecutors said Monday they have raided the residence and office of Rep. Choi Kyoung-hwan of the Liberty Korea Party over allegations that he received kickbacks from the state spy agency in 2014.
Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office searched his office in the National Assembly as well as his house to confiscate evidence, its office said.
Choi is suspected of taking 100 million won ($91,200) in bribes from the National Intelligence Service (NIS) when he was finance minister under the Park Geun-hye administration in return for favors for the NIS' budget.
Prosecutors said they plan to summon him for questioning as soon as they finish analyzing the seized evidence. (Yonhap)