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Police whistleblower in election scandal to run for Assembly seat

A female police officer who blew the whistle on a police attempt to cover up a high-profile election-meddling scandal has been nominated to run in the upcoming parliamentary by-elections, the main opposition party said Wednesday, according to Yonhap News.

Kwon Eun-hee, a former head investigator at a police station in southern Seoul, was tapped to run for a National Assembly seat in the southwestern city of Gwangju on July 30, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy said.

"The truth has not been revealed yet and there still are things to do," Kwon told Yonhap News Agency by phone when asked what drove her to run in the parliamentary race.

Kwon is known for leading the probe into allegations that the country's spy agency tried to sway public opinion in favor of the then ruling party candidate Park Geun-hye in the 2012 presidential election. It was not clear whether the alleged attempt helped Park win the election, according to the report.

In April 2013, Kwon claimed she had been barred by her superiors, including Kim Yong-pan, the then chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, from pursuing the case, a charge that sent ripples through political circles and the state intelligence agency, according to the report.

(From news reports)