Another former senior presidential official was questioned Friday over suspicions of economic data manipulation during the previous Moon Jae-in government. The Daejeon District Prosecutors Office brought in Kim Sang-jo, who served as presidential policy chief, for questioning on charges of abuse of authority and violations of the Statistics Act, among other charges, according to officials. The Board of Audit and Inspection earlier announced its findings that Moon's presidential office and the land ministry exerted undue pressure on agencies responsible for statistics, compelling them to manipulate official data on income, employment and housing prices from 2017 to 2021, allegedly in support of its key economic and real estate policies. The state audit agency also requested a prosecution investigation into 22 former government officials, including all four former presidential chiefs of staff for policy who served in the Moon government. Earlier this week, prosecutors also questioned Jang Ha-sung, a former presidential chief of staff for policy during Moon's presidential office, and former Land and Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mi. Source: Yonhap News Agency
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