SEOUL, May 10: Some 500 radical students today clashed with riot police at a University here today, demanding the resignation of President Kim Young-Sam whose son has been implicated in alleged influence peddling.

The clash at Sung Kyun Kwan University occurred when the students forced their way onto the streets through the main gate which was locked up with chains by police to foil an anti-government rally on the campus.

The students traded firebombs and rocks for a barrage of police tear gas bombs.

They hung a large banner on the front of a campus building, which described Kim Young-Sam as ``the biggest robber in history,'' and put up other slogans demanding his arrest and resignation. Last night, some 200 students were detained in and around the same University campus during a violent protest. The violence came after the Opposition charged that Kim Young-Sam received some $ 100 million from Hanbo business group before the 1992 presidential election.Officials of the presidential Blue House flatly denied the charge accusing the Opposition of spreading groundless rumours to stir up ahead of the presidential election late this year.

Prosecutors are delaying summoning of the President's son allegedly involved in influence peddling as investigators need more time to collect evidence, prosecution officials said today.

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