The leader of the South Korean main opposition Democratic Party (DP) Lee Jae-myung was indicted for alleged election law violations, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday.

Lee, who lost to President Yoon Suk-yeol in the March presidential election, was summoned by the prosecution on September 1 as part of an investigation into allegations that he lied during the presidential campaign about a land development project pushed for in Seongnam, south of Seoul, when he was its mayor.