Special counsel raids NEC headquarters over improper stipends
A special counsel team said Monday it raided the National Election Commission over allegations its commissioners were paid 905.8 million won ($677,000) in improper stipends. Special counsel Lee Tae-han's team said a 65-member team, including four prosecutors, were sent to the NEC headquarters in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, to search the offices of the NEC chair and secretary general. The election watchdog is suspected of having unlawfully paid monthly stipends to its nine commissioners in the
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same special counsel raid on the National Election Commission over suspected improper payments, with no conflicting facts.
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