Kim Dae-jung's son arrested<\/p>\n
SOUTH KOREA: A son of President Kim Dae-jung was arrested
\nSaturday on suspicion of influence-peddling in one of a series of
\nscandals that has sapped the popularity of his father, local YTN
\ntelevision news reported.<\/p>\n
Kim Hong-gul, 39, the youngest of the president's three sons,
\nwas accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes last year
\nfrom a businessman who is now in jail.<\/p>\n
A judge issued an arrest warrant for Kim Hong-gul while he was
\nat the state prosecutor's office in Seoul. He was immediately
\narrested. If convicted of bribery, he could be sentenced to up to
\nfive years in prison.<\/p>\n
Kim Dae-jung, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who campaigned for
\nthe presidency on a platform of clean government, has not been
\nimplicated in any scandal. However, corruption investigations
\ninvolving government officials as well as two of his sons has
\nhurt his image.<\/p>",
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