SEOUL: South Korean investigators Wednesday raided the state-run National Pension Service in a widening probe into a corruption scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-Hye and large companies including Samsung.

A special prosecutor has been investigating whether Samsung bribed Park’s confidant Choi Soon-Sil to win state approval for a controversial merger of two of its units.

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