Prosecution Indicts An Hae-uk Without Detention Over Allegations of Kim Keon-hee's 'Julie' Controversy

Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office, commencing operations on the 19th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] Ahn Hae-wook, the former president of the Korea Elementary School Taekwondo Federation, who raised the so-called 'Julie allegation' that First Lady Kim Keon-hee, wife of President Yoon Seok-yeol, worked at a nightlife establishment in the past, has been brought to trial.

On the 13th, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office announced that on the 8th, it had indicted former president Ahn without detention on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act and defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act.

Former president Ahn is accused of raising suspicions by appearing on TBS Radio's 'Kim Eo-jun's News Factory' last January and claiming that he witnessed Mrs. Kim working under the stage name 'Julie' at a nightlife establishment in the past.

In response, in February, the People Power Party's Legal Support Group filed a complaint with the prosecution against former president Ahn, Kim Eo-jun who was hosting the broadcast, and two former employees of the Ramada Renaissance Hotel. On the 30th of last month, the Seoul Seongbuk Police Station sent former president Ahn to the prosecution, but judged that Kim and the two employees did not make definitive statements regarding the allegations and did not send them to the prosecution.

On the 8th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office also indicted former president Ahn, former Open Sympathy TV representative Jeong Cheon-su, and whistleblower Kim on the same charges. The trials for the two cases are expected to be consolidated and proceed at the Seoul Central District Court.

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