Lawmakers Override Veto, Back Graft Inquiry
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
For the first time in 49 years, South Korean legislators overrode a presidential veto and voted overwhelmingly for an independent corruption inquiry that President Roh Moo Hyun had tried to block. The allegations involving three former Roh aides already are under investigation by state prosecutors.
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