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Special counsel bill on fabricated indictments clears committee

A parliamentary subcommittee approved a bill on Wednesday calling for a special counsel to investigate allegations of fabricated indictments under the previous administration, including those involving President Lee Jae Myung, Yonhap and the Korea Times report. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea endorsed the bill and plans to push for its passage in a plenary session on Thursday, according to Yonhap and KBS World. Separately, the special counsel team investigating the ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections raided the National Election Commission headquarters and its Seoul office Wednesday over alleged bid rigging in choosing a ballot printer maker and suspected tampering of official voting logs, Yonhap and KBS World report.

  1. Subcommittee passes special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments involving Lee Korea Times · 2026-11-04
  2. Subcommittee passes special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments involving Lee Yonhap · 2026-11-04
  3. Subcommittee Passes Bill for Special Counsel to Look into Malicious Prosecution Claims KBS World · 2026-11-04
  4. Special counsel raids NEC headquarters over alleged bid rigging Korea Times · 2026-11-04
  5. Special Counsel Raids NEC in Ballot Shortage Case on Allegations that Officials Altered Voting Logs KBS World · 2026-11-04
  6. Ruling party to push for passage of special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments this week Korea Times · 2026-11-03
  7. (LEAD) Special counsel raids NEC headquarters over alleged bid rigging Yonhap · 2026-11-04
  8. DP Endorses Special Counsel Bill to Scrutinize Past Indictments of President Lee KBS World · 2026-11-03
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  10. Ruling party to push for passage of special counsel bill on alleged fabricated indictments this week Yonhap · 2026-11-03

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