'Prosecutors' Search Warrant for Yoon Seok-yeol's Wife's Company Rejected by Court'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] The prosecution attempted to conduct a search and seizure of the exhibition planning company operated by Kim Geon-hee, wife of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, but the court dismissed the warrant.

According to the legal community on the 10th, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Yong-hwan) recently requested search and seizure warrants for the office of Kobana Contents, operated by Kim, and companies that sponsored the exhibition, but the court dismissed all of them.

The court reportedly stated the reason for dismissal as "there is a possibility of voluntary submission of key evidence, and the execution of the warrant would cause significant infringement of legal interests."

Meanwhile, this case involves allegations that in June of last year, Kim Geon-hee, wife of Prosecutor General Yoon, received improper sponsorships from about ten companies while organizing an exhibition. Although it became a controversy during Prosecutor General Yoon's confirmation hearing in July last year, the sponsorships were handled by the media company that hosted the exhibition, and the selection of sponsors was completed before Yoon was recommended as a candidate for Prosecutor General.

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