DHAKA: South Korean president Park Geun Hye vowed on Wednesday to punish ‘anyone’ involved in corruption as she faced a growing bribery scandal that has embroiled her prime minister and other close aides.

‘I will not forgive anyone responsible for corruption,’ Park told a meeting of government officials in her first comment on the scandal that was triggered by the suicide of a powerful businessman.

Ordering a thorough and unlimited investigation, Park said it was her administration’s responsibility to ‘root out corruption and complete political reform’.

Sung Wan Jong, the former head of a bankrupt construction company, hanged himself last week on a hillside near his house in Seoul.

BDST: 1902 HRS, APR 15, 2015
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