2nd Comprehensive Special Prosecutor Raids Residences of Presidential Office and Ministry of Planning and Budget Officials over Alleged Illegal Diversion of Residence Relocation Funds
Residences of Four Individuals Targeted, Including Former Budget Director-General and Former Economic and Financial Secretary to the President
The 2nd Comprehensive Special Inspection Team has launched a compulsory investigation into the residences of officials from the then Ministry of Planning and Budget (formerly the Ministry of Strategy and Finance) and the Presidential Office in connection with allegations of the illegal diversion of funds for the relocation of the presidential residence.
Kim Jimi, Special Prosecutor of the 2nd Comprehensive Special Investigation Team, is briefing on investigation matters at the special prosecutor's office in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, on March 30. Photo by Yonhap News
View original imageKim Jimi, Deputy Special Prosecutor of the 2nd Comprehensive Special Inspection Team, stated during a briefing at the Special Prosecutor's Office in Gwacheon City, Gyeonggi Province, on June 8, 2026, "We are currently executing search and seizure warrants at the residences of four individuals, including officials from the Ministry of Planning and Budget, the former Budget Director-General of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and the former Economic and Financial Secretary to the President, in order to verify allegations of the illegal diversion of funds during the relocation of the presidential residence and possible collusion with the Ministry of Strategy and Finance."
The Comprehensive Special Inspection Team is investigating allegations that, during the 2022 presidential residence relocation project, approximately 2.8 billion won from the budget of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety was illegally diverted to pay construction costs to "21gram," a company that was not qualified for the project. It is also reported that then-Presidential Secretary General Yun Jae-soon sent a text message to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety stating "Ministry of Strategy and Finance approval complete."
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The Comprehensive Special Inspection Team plans to summon officials from the Budget Office of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance based on the results of the search and seizure, to investigate whether they were aware of the diversion of funds and the circumstances of the decision.
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