31.   The three denied such accusations, and prosecution officials decided Saturday to order them jailed while an investigation is conducted.

32.   Three senior bank officials also were suspected in the scandal, prosecution officials said.

33.   Three or four former army generals who now serve in the National Assembly also were expected to be arrested later, prosecution officials said.

34.   Wearing suits and flanked by prosecution officials, the executives walked out of Seoul District Court after arrest warrants were issued and left for jail in separate cars.

35.   He confirmed a report that prosecution officials raided VW headquarters offices at Wolfsburg Thursday and seized some two dozen files.

36.   A vice president of POSCO and a vice president of a POSCO subsidiary were also summoned, prosecution officials said.

37.   A vice president of POSCO and a vice president of a POSCO subsidiary were also questioned, prosecution officials said.

38.   Any lawmakers implicated in the probe would face disciplinary action but if aides were found responsible they could face criminal action, Yonhap quoted prosecution officials as saying.

39.   The prosecution official said his testimony before the parliamentary hearing had differed from what the prosecution had found in the course of investigating his alleged misconduct.

40.   The two, Chung Jae-Chull and Hong In-Kil, are formally under arrest, a prosecution official told AFP.