Police Summon National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Chairman Kang Ho-dong for Third Questioning Over Alleged Graft

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Chairman Kang Ho-dong, who is suspected of irregularities including accepting money and valuables, is set to appear before the police again after 10 days.

The Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is scheduled to summon Chairman Kang as a suspect starting at 9:00 a.m. today (October 29).

This marks his third summons, following previous appearances on April 4 and October 19.

The police are investigating suspicions that Chairman Kang received a large amount of condolence money during his mother-in-law's funeral in May of last year, as well as allegations that he embezzled hundreds of millions of won in internal funds from the federation between the year before last year and last year.

Chairman Kang is also suspected of receiving approximately 100 million won in cash on two occasions from a supplier affiliated with the NACF in exchange for business favors around the time of the federation chairmanship election in January 2024.
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