[Breaking] Court Denies Arrest Warrant for Former Minister of Industry Baek Woon-gyu
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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] The arrest warrant requested by the prosecution for Baek Woon-gyu, former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (56), who is accused of involvement in manipulating the economic feasibility evaluation of the Wolseong Unit 1 nuclear power plant, was dismissed by the court on the 9th.
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Judge Oh Se-yong, head of the warrant division at the Daejeon District Court, who presided over the pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for former Minister Baek, dismissed the arrest warrant in the early morning of the same day.
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