Prosecutors Wednesday indicted a former senior official of the National Intelligence Service for being involved in the agency's schemes to interfere in domestic politics in favor of the two past governments.
Choo Myeong-ho, then head of the NIS domestic intelligence unit, will face trial on charges of a violation of NIS law that bans political interference, defamation and abuse of power, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said. He was arrested early this month.
He is accused of playing a key role in a spate of NIS-led political maneuvers aimed at maligning and disadvantaging those deemed critical of the conservative Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak governments, including celebrities considered "left-leaning."
Choo Myeong-ho, a former chief of the National Intelligence Service domestic intelligence unit, enters the Seoul Central District Prosecutors` Office in Seoul on Nov. 3, 2017. (Yonhap)
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