The corruption uncovered in Seoul schools continues to be uncovered:

Five elementary-school principals have been charged with taking bribes from a consignment company which ran after-school tutorial classes in their schools.

The Seoul Southern Prosecutors’ Office indicted the principals without physical detention on Wednesday, on charges of receiving bribes from a man surnamed Lee, 58, the head of consignment company A, which ran the after-school classes. Lee was also indicted without detention yesterday.

According to prosecutors, the principals each took a total of around 7 million won ($5,983) to 20 million won in three to 16 separate payments. The payments started in April 2003 and continued into September last year.

“Some of the principals asked for 10,000 won for each student enrolled in the after-school classes,” said an official at the prosecutors’ office. Students who enrolled in A’s classes paid an average 100,000 won each, which means the principals pocketed 10 percent of their payments.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]