Tongsun Park

Tongsun Park
Hangul	박동선
Hanja	朴東宣
Revised Romanization	Bak Dongseon
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Tongsŏn

Tongsun Park (born 1935 in Sunch'ŏn, Korea), also known as Pak Dong-seon, was a South Korean lobbyist. He was involved in two political money-related scandals: Koreagate in the 1970s, and the Oil-for-Food Program scandal of the 2000s. Park had a reputation as the "Asian Great Gatsby".

In 1976, Park was charged with bribing members of the U.S. Congress, using money from the South Korean government, in a successful effort to convince the United States government to keep United States troops in South Korea. In 1977, he was indicted by a U.S. District Court on thirty-six counts, including bribery, illegal campaign contributions, mail fraud, racketeering, and failure to register as an agent of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. He avoided a federal trial by testifying to the court in exchange for immunity. His testimony did not have a major impact, though it led to three members of Congress getting reprimanded, and may have convinced Speaker of the House Carl Albert not to seek re-election. One of the implicated former representatives, Otto Passman of Louisiana's 5th congressional district based about Monroe, was charged with conspiracy, bribery, acceptance of an illegal gratuity, and income tax evasion. When his trial was moved from Washington, D.C., to Monroe, Passman was quickly acquitted. Explained William G. Hundley, a former organized crime investigator for the U.S. Senate who attended the Passman trial:

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