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| ▲ Former Director of the National Intelligence Service Cho Tae-yong (R) (Yonhap) |
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Special counsel teams to share evidence secured in separate probes
SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Special counsel teams investigating various allegations involving former President Yoon Suk Yeol have agreed to share evidence secured in their independent probes to avoid overlapping investigative efforts, officials said Tuesday.
The three special counsel teams are tasked with investigating Yoon's failed attempt to impose martial law, corruption allegations surrounding former first lady Kim Keon Hee and the alleged interference of an initial probe into the 2023 death of a Marine, respectively.
Choung Min-young, an assistant special prosecutor of the Marine death probe, said his team has agreed to share evidence seized from former National Intelligence Service Director Cho Tae-yong and Lee Jong-ho, former head of investment firm Blackpearl Invest and an associate to the first lady, with the other two teams.
"There are three active special counsel teams and the suspects partially overlap," Choung said. "We have coordinated as materials seized by one of the teams need to be looked over by others."
Cho has been under investigation in both the Marine death case and the martial law probe, while Lee is under scrutiny from Choung's team and special prosecutors probing the former first lady.
Choung's team raided Lee's home on July 10 and Cho's residence the next day. The team investigating Yoon's martial law attempt searched Cho's home last Wednesday, while the third team raided Lee's home on Saturday.
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