Seoul mayor missing after 'MeToo allegations'
A police complaint - allegedly involving sexual assault - was filed against Park by a former Seoul City employee on Wednesday and local media said a television channel had been due to broadcast a programme on the previously unreported case on Thursday evening.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said officers were searching for him around Sungbuk-dong, a district in northern Seoul, where his phone signal was last detected.He left the official residence at around 10.
A heavyweight figure in the ruling centre-left Democratic party, Park has run South Korea's sprawling capital - home to almost a fifth of the national population - for nearly a decade.He has consistently been talked of as a potential candidate in the race to succeed current President Moon Jae-in, and did not deny ambitions on that front when asked by AFP earlier this year.
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