South Korea’s former health minister Moon Hyung-pyo was detained on Wednesday as part of a widening investigation into the corruption scandal that already brought down President Park Geun-hye.<br /><br /> The ex-minister faces allegations he pressured the National Pension Service to back a controversial merger between two affiliates of Samsung, South Korea’s largest family-run conglomerate.<br /><br /> The tie up was criticised because it strengthened the founding family’s control of the group at the expense of other shareholders, including the state pension fund.<br /><br /> South Korean investigators detain former health minister – The Japan Times https://t.co/ECyvyiXdms #news pic.twitter.com/jaxUDPOoCY— Japan News & Events (@nipponupdate) December 28, 2016<br />
