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Korean prosecution, request for arrest warrant for wife of former law minister

2019-10-21T03:22:44.465Z


The South Korean prosecutor's office filed an arrest warrant for the president of Munjain, the former law minister of Korea, and Jung Kyung-Sim, a professor of Korean Oriental University at Seoul Central District Court. The district court conducted a hearing to hear Jung's statement within a week, and received an arrest warrant ...


The South Korean prosecutor's office filed an arrest warrant for the president of Munjain, the former law minister of Korea, and Jung Kyung-Sim, a professor of Korean Oriental University at Seoul Central District Court. The district court hears Jung ’s statement within a week and decides whether to issue an arrest warrant. If arrested, Mr. Wen, who forced Mr. Tatsumi's appointment as a law minister, will be challenged more severely.

The prosecutor charged Mr. Chung at home for charges of forgery of private documents on September 6, and then interviewed him six times for suspicion of misbehaving his daughter and suspected fraud over fund investment. Jung ’s request for an arrest warrant was charged to 10 cases, including embezzlement of business and allegations of counterfeiting of evidence, as evidenced by the fact that Chong had asked a securities company employee to carry out a personal computer from the laboratory and tried to destroy the evidence. .

However, Mr. Chung accuses him of having a brain tumor and cerebral infarction. The prosecution has asked to submit a formal medical certificate, but there are also views that it is possible that an arrest warrant may not be granted for health reasons.

On the 17th, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yul, who leads the investigation, stressed the position of "does not (right) porter (depending on the political situation)" regarding the investigation of allegations of fraud in the family. According to a survey released by a public opinion research firm, Gallup, after resigning as Minister of Justice on the 14th, Mr. Wen ’s approval rate dropped to the lowest 30% level, and the results of the investigation deepened the crisis of the administration. It is a situation that can be. (Seoul = Takeda)

Source: asahi

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