A former chief of the National Intelligence Service was questioned by prosecutors on Monday over allegations that the agency paid billions of won of its off-book funds to two aides of then-President Park Geun-hye during his term.
Lee Byung-kee appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office around 9:30 a.m. He told reporters, "I owe an apology for having caused concern and disappointment in the public over the agency's fund suspected of being channeled into Cheong Wa Dae."
But he did not say a word when asked about whether he provided the presidential office with the money and if he increased the payments while he headed the agency from 2014-2015.
Lee Byung-kee, former National Intelligence Service director, is shown in the photo taken on Nov. 13, 2017, surrounded by reporters as he appeared for prosecution questioning over the agency`s illegal payments to two Park aides during his term. (Yonhap)
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