Prosecutors Request Pre-Arrest Warrant for Former Chief Prosecutor Yoon Gap-geun over 'Lime Lobby' Allegations
Suspected of Solicitation and Bribery... Bail Hearing on the Morning of the 10th
[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The prosecution has requested an arrest warrant for Yoon Gap-geun, former Daegu High Prosecutor (currently chairman of the People Power Party’s Chungbuk Provincial Party Committee), who was identified as a lobbying target by Kim Bong-hyun, former chairman of Star Mobility (46, detained), a key figure in the Lime Asset Management scandal.
On the 9th, the Criminal Division 6 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Rak-hyun) announced that it had filed a pre-arrest warrant request the previous day against former Prosecutor General Yoon on charges of bribery solicitation.
Former Prosecutor General Yoon was mentioned as a lobbying target in a prison letter publicly disclosed by former Chairman Kim last October.
Kim claimed, "I paid several hundred million won to a prominent opposition politician who is a former chief prosecutor and a lawyer for the Lime fund solicitation case, and also lobbied the president and vice president of Woori Bank."
The prosecution is believed to have determined that former Prosecutor General Yoon received money from the Lime side in connection with lobbying Woori Bank. Earlier, after Kim exposed the lobbying allegations, the prosecution conducted a forced investigation, including raids on Woori Financial Group and former Prosecutor General Yoon’s office.
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The pre-arrest detention hearing for former Prosecutor General Yoon will be held at 10:30 a.m. on the 10th before Judge Seong Bo-gi, who is in charge of arrest warrants. Former Prosecutor General Yoon previously denied the allegations, stating, "Among the companies where Lime funds were invested, there is only one where I served as an advisor, and it is unrelated to lobbying."
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