South Korea’s chief prosecutor announced Friday, November 30 he had stepped down amid sex and bribery scandals within the prosecution service.

"As the prosecutor general, I offer my apology to the people for the huge shock and disappointment," Prosecutor General Han Sang-dae said at a press conference, RIA Novosti reported citing Yonhap.

His resignation follows allegations against a junior prosecutor accused of having sex with a female suspect he was questioning earlier this month.

In a separate case, a senior prosecutor was arrested for allegedly taking bribes from businessmen worth of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

President Lee Myung-bak immediately accepted Han's resignation, saying "the prosecution needs to reflect on itself," according to the media report.

Han's term was due to end in 2014.