Prosecutor may raid office of nation's president

South Korea's special prosecutor investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye said on Sunday it was considering whether to raid the presidential offices and if it did so, it had no choice but to do so publicly.

Special prosecutors are investigating allegations that Park colluded with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, and aides to pressure big companies to contribute to foundations set up to back her policy initiatives.

"In case of raiding the Blue House ... to carry out that, there is no choice but to be make it public," Lee Kyu-chul, a spokesman for the special prosecutor's team told reporters in a briefing, referring to the presidential offices.