The joint police-prosecution investigation headquarters currently investigating allegations of collusion between the Unification Church and the state (Deputy Minister Kim Tae-hoon, Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office chief) will summon Rep. Chun Jae-soo of the Democratic Party of Korea for questioning.

Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Chun Jae-soo, who declares his bid for Busan mayor, appears for a metropolitan mayoral candidate interview at the Democratic Party of Korea headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 17th. /Courtesy of News1

According to the legal community on the 18th, the joint investigation headquarters plans to summon the former lawmaker at 10 a.m. on the 19th for questioning as a suspect.

The former lawmaker is suspected of receiving 20 million won in cash and a luxury watch worth about 10 million won from the Unification Church side in return for promoting projects such as the Korea-Japan undersea tunnel construction.

The former lawmaker earlier said of the allegation, "It is completely groundless, and there was, I say unequivocally, no illegal exchange of money or valuables."

That afternoon, the joint investigation headquarters summoned the former lawmaker's spouse, a person surnamed Choi, as a reference for questioning.

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