An embattled former head of the national tax agency was formally detained Saturday for further questioning on allegations that he accepted massive bribes from food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group while in office.
Jeon Goon-pyo, 59, is accused of taking $300,000 in U.S. bills and high-end watches from CJ Group officials in exchange for favors during a tax audit into the conglomerate in July 2006, shortly after he was named the commissioner of the National Tax Service, they said.
Jeon was locked up immediately after a Seoul court approved the prosecution‘s request for an arrest warrant for the former NTS commissioner who was convicted five years ago for similar graft charges in the southern port city of Busan. (Yonhap News)
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