Prosecutors raid Seongnam mayor's office over urban development corruption scandal

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Prosecutors raid Seongnam mayor's office over urban development corruption scandal

SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the Seongnam mayor's office Thursday as they expanded a probe into a corruption-laden urban development scandal in the city south of Seoul.

A team of 23 prosecution investigators searched the offices of the mayor and secretaries for documents related to the corruption scandal involving the city's 2015 project to develop its Daejang-dong district into residential complexes.

It is the first time prosecutors have searched the mayoral office in the probe.

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