National Assembly sends special investigation bills to presidential office

▲ ' Lawmakers from the main opposition Democratic Party walk out of the Plenary Chamber at the National Assembly in Seoul, after two special investigation bills passed through parliament, in this photo taken Dec. 28, 2023. (Yonhap)

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National Assembly sends special investigation bills to presidential office

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly sent two special investigation bills, one of which calls for looking into stock manipulation allegations involving the first lady, to the presidential office Thursday.

The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol has said Yoon will veto the bills.

One of the proposals mandates an independent counsel investigation into allegations first lady Kim Keon Hee was involved in the stock manipulation of Deutsch Motors Inc., a BMW car dealer in South Korea, between 2009 and 2012.

The other special probe proposal is about allegations that six prominent people of the so-called "5 billion club" were promised 5 billion won (US$3.8 million) each from an asset management firm connected to a corruption-ridden development project in the Daejang-dong district in Seongnam, south of Seoul.

The two proposals passed through the main opposition Democratic Party-controlled parliament last week.

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