The Metropolitan Police Department will search the headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun), possibly today, in connection with a suspected embezzlement case involving the failed Chogin Tokyo credit union, investigative sources said Tuesday.
The MPD has unofficially questioned two senior officials of Chongryun, a group of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents here, for their alleged role in the suspected embezzlement of 1 billion yen by Chong Gyong Saeing, the former head of Chogin Tokyo, and several others.
Police believe at least 20 percent of the funds that Chong and the others allegedly embezzled were diverted to Chongryun.