Seoul: Two former senior judges have joined the special counsel team investigating former first lady Kim Keon Hee’s corruption case, the team said Sunday, in a personnel expansion following a revision to the law allowing additional staffing. Park Noh-soo and Kim Kyung-ho, both currently lawyers, were among those shortlisted by special counsel Min Joon-ki’s team last week, and their appointments were approved by President Lee Jae Myung, the team said.

According to Yonhap News Agency, two assistant special counsels, including Prosecutor Han Moon-hyeok, who had been in charge of investigating Kim’s stock manipulation allegations, will return to their positions at the prosecution office, the team added. The team did not provide a reason for Han’s replacement, saying only that it had confirmed certain facts that led them to conclude Han was no longer fit for the position.