Police on Thursday arrested former Korea Communications Commission chair Lee Jin-sook at her home in Seoul’s Gangnam District.

Lee is accused of violating both the election law and the national civil service law by making politically charged remarks after her impeachment last year.

Investigators say her comments on YouTube, including statements that "the left does anything imaginable" and "tyranny by the majority is not democracy but the worst form of politics," amounted to unlawful campaigning and breached political neutrality rules.

Watchdogs and civic groups had filed multiple complaints, leading to Lee's arrest after she ignored repeated summonses.

Lee’s lawyer said she had explained that her absence was due to parliamentary scheduling, but police executed the warrant anyway.

Her tenure at the commission ended last week after a new government reorganization law abolished the KCC and replaced it with a different media-related entity.