Prosecutors are questioning the wife of Justice Minister Cho Kuk for the first time as part of a widening probe into corruption allegations surrounding the family, prosecution officials said Thursday.
Whether the prosecution will seek an arrest warrant for the wife and whether the court will issue one is expected to become a watershed moment in the ongoing probe.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it has been questioning the wife, a university professor surnamed Jeong, since early in the morning.
Prosecutors did not make public her arrival at the prosecution office, citing her health, reversing from their original plan to practically make it public.
Jeong was indicted on Sept. 7 without undergoing questioning on charges of fabricating a college president's citation for use in her daughter's medical school application.
Prosecutors are expected to grill her over the alleged forgery and whether she was directly involved in the family's dubious investment in a private equity fund and tried to destroy evidence related to the allegations. (Yonhap)