The 2008 Grand National Party Convention is a political scandal in the South Korean politics that exposed higher-level political corruption within the ranks of the Lee Myung-bak government. The connections surrounding the Lee Myung-bak government has also affected the performance of the Grand National Party. A GNP lawmaker, Koh Seung-duk, was instrumental of exposing it by reporting his knowledge about the corruption incident to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.
Development of the investigation
At first, the SPO raided the house of a former aide to Park Hee-tae, Koh Myung-jin. Later, the SPO has also detained the key campaigner to Park Hee-tae, Ahn Byung-yong, for delivering money to other party members during the 2008 legislative election.
See also
- Corruption in South Korea
- DDoS attacks during the October 2011 South Korean by-election
- Prime Minister's Office Civilian Surveillance Incident
- Lee Myung-bak government
References
- Lee, Hyo-sik (2012-01-08). "GNP lawmaker claims Assembly Speaker's aide tried to bribe him". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- "S. Korea rocked by cash-for-vote scandal". AFP. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- Choi, He-suk (2012-01-11). "Speaker's ex-aide detained in GNP vote-buying case". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- Na, Jeong-ju (2012-01-17). "Assembly speaker returns today to face investigation". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-01-17.