Singer Seungri to Face Second Arrest Warrant Tomorrow... 7 Charges Including Procuring Prostitution
[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The decision on whether to detain Seungri (29, real name Lee Seung-hyun), a former member of the group Big Bang who is accused of mediating prostitution and overseas gambling, will be made as early as the 13th.
Judge Song Kyung-ho, in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, will hold a pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for singer Seungri at 10:30 a.m. on the 13th to consider the necessity of detention for investigation.
Earlier, the Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Park Seung-dae) applied seven charges including violation of the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes against Seungri on the 8th and requested an arrest warrant. This is the second attempt to secure custody after the arrest warrant requested by the police was dismissed once, seven months ago.
The police applied for an arrest warrant for Seungri last May on five charges including prostitution, mediation of prostitution, violation of the Food Sanitation Act, embezzlement under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, and embezzlement in the course of business, but it was dismissed by the court. Since then, Seungri has been investigated without detention.
The decision on Seungri's detention is expected to be made late at night on the same day or early the next morning after the warrant substantive examination.
Seungri is accused of mediating prostitution for overseas investors 29 times from September 2015 to January 2016. He is also accused of sending nude photos of three women’s backs in a KakaoTalk chat room.
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In addition, he is charged with violating the Food Sanitation Act by reporting a club he operated as a general restaurant and operating it as an unauthorized entertainment bar, embezzling funds from Yuri Holdings, a company he invested in, habitual gambling in Las Vegas, USA, and violating the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act by raising gambling funds through a method known as 'hwan-chigi' (illegal money transfer).
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