▲ Song Young-gil, former chair of the Democratic Party, speaks to reporters, in this file photo taken May 2, 2023, in front of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office. (Yonhap)

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Home of ex-DP leader Song raided over cash-for-votes scandal

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the home of former Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the party's 2021 leadership election.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office sent investigators to Song's home in Yongsan Ward in Seoul and the home of a former senior official of the party's policy committee, only known by his family name Kim, to seize evidence.

The scandal centers on allegations that Song's campaign distributed cash envelopes totaling 94 million won (US$69,572) to 20 DP lawmakers and other party members in the runup to the party's leadership election in May 2021, which he ultimately won.

Prosecutors suspect that the Research Institute for Peace & Livelihood, a support group for Song, had been mobilized to source the funds used in his camp's alleged cash-for-votes campaign during the party election.

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