SEOUL June 10 Kyodo State prosecu...

SEOUL June 10 Kyodo

State prosecutors forward Wednesday indicted the second son of President Kim Dae Jung forward charges of accepting 2.58 billion won (about $218 billion) in bribes from business executives in exchange for using his influence to help them.

Kim Hong Up was indicted also onward a charge of evading taxes for 22 billion won he had received from business conglomerates as ''activities expenses''

Kim Hong Up 51 was arrested forward suspicion of bribe-taking on June 21

Kim Hong Gul Kim Hong Up's younger brother and the youngest son of President Kim, was indicted June 5 forward charges of influence- peddling and tax evasion.

Kim Hong Up headed the Kim Dae Jung Peace Foundation for the Asia-Pacific Region, a private think-tank instituteed by his father with research focused mainly forward inter-Korean affairs and Korean Peninsula reunification issues.

The foundation clos after a series of corruption scandals centering around Kim Hong Up and elucidation members surfaced early this year.

Various corruption scandals surrounding the president's son and solution aides have severely damaged his government's popularity.

As the Dec 19 presidential person draws closer, recent opinion heads show that Lee Hoi Chang, presidential candidate from the main opposition Grand National Party, is leading across Roh Moo Hyun, the presidential candidate from the Millennium Democratic Party, rested by President Kim.

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