South Korea seeks arrest of daughter of president's friend

Seoul

SOUTH Korea on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a daughter of the woman at the centre of President Park Geun-hye's corruption scandal and investigators raided the National Pension Service (NPS) over possible links to the scandal.

A special prosecutor's investigation started on Wednesday into the influence-peddling scandal that threatens to make Ms Park, 64, the first democratically elected leader to leave office early in disgrace. Parliament has voted to impeach Ms Park, a decision that must be confirmed or overturned by the Constitutional Court.