Investigation into Korean-American Priest’s Gift of Luxury Handbag to South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee: Attorney General Special Team Probes Allegations

Seoul –

prosecutor South Korea (South Korea) questioned a Korean-American priest, who secretly recorded himself giving a gift of a luxury Dior handbag to The First Lady of South Korea, Kim Keon Hee. This case is being investigated by a special team established by the Attorney General of South Korea.

As reported by the news agency Yonhap News AgencyOn Monday (13/5/2024), the priest presented the luxury bag when he met Kim Keon Hee in Seoul in September 2022.

The priest named Choi Jae Young appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office on Monday morning (13/5) local time, to fulfill a summons for questioning as a suspect in a case of alleged rape anti-corruption laws, allegedly introduced without permission. property, and interference with official duties.

Choi has denied these allegations. He told local journalists that he made news reports that involved going undercover, to inform the public about the true character of the President. Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee.

“The president who is responsible for the affairs of the state and his spouse should be clean of crime, but apparently he is not.

South Korean officials said in a statement that prosecutors questioned Choi about how and why he gave the luxury bag to Kim Keon Hee and whether he asked for special favors from the South Korean First Lady.

The call came after civil activists filed a complaint accusing Choi of deliberately approaching the South Korean First Lady and secretly recording the moment they gave presented a luxury bag worth 3 million Won (Rp. 35.2 million) according to a statement prepared by Voice of Seoul, an Internet news outlet.

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(nvc/it)