Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol: "Temporary Suspension of Warrants for Fines Under 10 Million Won, New Warrants Also Deferred"

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has temporarily lifted the warrants for those wanted for fines under 10 million won. This measure comes in response to the spread of COVID-19 within correctional facilities, and new warrants will also be temporarily suspended.

On the 30th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office disclosed an urgent special directive from Prosecutor General Yoon containing these details.

First, considering the emergency situation caused by the large-scale occurrence of COVID-19 cases in detention centers and other correctional facilities, Yoon issued a guideline to lift warrants for those wanted for fines under 10 million won starting from the 30th. The target cases amount to approximately 90,000.

Additionally, he instructed all district prosecutors' offices nationwide to temporarily suspend new warrant actions, which are estimated to be about 15,000 cases per month.

This measure took into account that the proportion of new detainees held in labor camps due to unpaid fines accounts for 20%, which is not insignificant. A Supreme Prosecutors' Office official explained, "This decision was made after close consultation with correctional authorities, comprehensively considering the additional capacity of correctional facilities and the amount of fines."

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