Former residence of South Korea’s Yoon under lawmakers’ scrutiny over ‘pet pool’
Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife kept six dogs and five cats until shortly after Yoon was removed as president in April, following a court order
“I’ve looked around the space inside the official residence of the president, and a pool grabbed my attention,” said Kim, who visited the residence in the centre of Seoul along with other Democratic Party lawmakers on Saturday, according to a report by The Korea Herald.
The pool appeared to have a length of five metres long, a width of two metres and a depth of 50cm at the shallow end.
“We should closely examine whether the Yoons installed facilities for personal use with taxpayers’ money after moving into the official residence, where no one can monitor how the money is being spent,” Kim said.
The lawmaker added that Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon-hee, were believed to also have a cat tower worth 5 million won (US$3,680).