A senior intelligence official has been recalled to South Korea amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
Lawmaker Kim Gi-hyeon of the main opposition People Power Party said on Wednesday that the National Intelligence Service official had been accused of sexually harassing a female employee at the Korean consulate general in Los Angeles in June.
The woman immediately filed a complaint with local police.
The official in question returned home in late July under a ministry order and went back to the NIS, but reportedly did not face any disciplinary action other than being sidelined from his duties.
South Korean police conducted an investigation and referred the case to the prosecution with a recommendation that the official be indicted.
The case came in the wake of a high-profile sexual harassment case involving a South Korean diplomat who had been serving at the embassy in New Zealand.
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