Prosecutors will question Jun Byung-hun, the senior presidential secretary for political affairs, on Monday as a suspect in a bribery case involving his two former aides, according to the Seoul prosecutors' office.
He offered to resign over the scandal Thursday.
Jun's two former aides have been arrested for allegedly pressuring a local home shopping channel to donate 300 million ($274,000) to the Korea e-Sports Association in 2015.
Prosecutors will question Jun, then the association's honorary chairman, to find out whether he was involved in the case.
This composite photo filed on Nov. 16, 2017, shows three former spy chiefs embroiled in bribery allegations -- from L to R, Nam Jae-joon, Lee Byong-ho, and Lee Byung-kee. (Yonhap)
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