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S. Korean ex-PM indicted over bribery charges

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-20 16:54

SEOUL - South Korea's ex-Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook was indicted without physical detention Tuesday over an alleged bribery charge, local media reported.

Prosecutors have accused her of taking illegal political funds worth about 970 million won (US$ 800,000) from a construction industry businessman in 2007.Han, who recently ran for Seoul city mayor, was booked earlier this year for taking kickbacks from her supporter but was later acquitted.