South Korean Acting President Refuses Extending Park’s ‘Shadow Adviser’ Probe

‘South Korea’s Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn has refused to extend the probe into the “shadow adviser” allegations against suspended President Park Geun-hye, Hwang’s spokesperson said Monday.
“Although it was a very difficult decision for the acting president to make, [he] has reached a conclusion that it would be desirable for the state prosecution to continue a probe… in light of our efforts to stabilize state affairs, rather than extending the special probe,” presidential press secretary Hong Kwon-heui said, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.
The decision was taken over concerns that a continued probe could influence the country’s upcoming presidential election in December.’
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