1.   Opposition party members claim Hanbo secured the loans using bribes or political connections.

2.   The PRI immediately challenged the opposition claim to control of the new Congress.

3.   The Supreme Court rejected the opposition claims in February, clearing the government to issue licenses.

4.   Opposition politicians claim Kim spent far more than legally allowed.

5.   Opposition claims were based on reports from its poll watchers stationed voting stations.

6.   Opposition claims win in municipal elections.

7.   Opposition leaders claim Chavez allies are funneling arms to members of the circles.

8.   Opposition leaders claim Chavez has accumulated authoritarian power through elections that replaced a discredited, opposition-controlled congress and supreme court.

9.   Party tensions in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom surrounded by South Africa, have been running high since the May elections, which opposition groups claim were rigged.

10.   Any remarks by Lee corroborating the opposition claim would send shock waves through Korean politics.