Police investigating allegations that special operation expenses were used for the clothing costs of former President Moon Jae-in's wife, Kim Jung-sook, have obtained and are executing a search warrant for the Presidential Archives.
According to police on the 1st, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency recently received a search warrant for the Presidential Archives in Sejong City from the Seoul High Court.
On the 10th of last month, police presented this to the Presidential Archives and are discussing the seizure of items and the scope of the warrant with the archives officials. It is also reported that police investigated officials from the Presidential Office, including employees from the Second Office responsible for the President's spouse.
Previously, the civic group Living Conditions Countermeasure Committee reported to the police that during the Moon Jae-in administration in March 2022, Kim was suspected of coercing the officials responsible for special operation expenses to purchase expensive clothing and accessories.
At that time, the Presidential Office stated, "We have never allocated and used state funds, such as special operation expenses, for the purpose of purchasing clothing as the President's spouse," and noted, "We covered the costs personally."