Seoul prosecutors raided the homes and offices of former defense minister Suh Wook and two other high-ranking officials from the Moon administration on Tuesday, in connection with allegations that they mishandled an investigation into North Korea’s killing of an ROK fisheries official in 2020.

In a press release, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said it carried out the morning search and seizure targeting Suh, former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Park Jie-won and former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon.

The prosecutor’s office did not specify the charges against Suh Wook. But the late fisheries official’s brother filed a criminal