Roh Moo Hyun's administration is under increasingly intense investigation for Campaign Finance Corrupt Ion. Last week, Roh vetoed a bill passed by the National Assembly that would have established a special prosecutor to look into charges that three of his aides were involved in illegal fund raising and bribery. Although Roh has said he might resign if the scandals cost him public support, he might not get the chance: opposition lawmakers are threatening to impeach him if evidence emerges tying him directly to corruption... Political pundits are comparing the dragnet to Italy's "Clean Hands" crackdown of the early 1990s, when reform-minded investigators sent hundreds of businessmen, bureaucrats and prominent politicians to jail.

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