Prosecutors Reapply for Arrest Warrants for Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Sung-man over 'Money Envelope' Case

The prosecution investigating the Democratic Party of Korea's '2021 Party Convention Money Envelope Suspicion' refiled arrest warrants against independent lawmakers Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Sung-man on the 1st.

The Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Young-chul) filed arrest warrants against the two lawmakers on charges of violating the Political Parties Act.

Independent Assemblymen Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Sung-man
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Lawmaker Yoon is suspected of distributing a total of 60 million won, 3 million won each, to 20 incumbent Democratic Party lawmakers to support former party leader Song Young-gil's election ahead of the party convention in May 2021. Lawmaker Lee is suspected of providing 1 million won to former Democratic Party Deputy Secretary-General Lee Jung-geun in March 2021 as operating expenses for the primary campaign and giving 10 million won in cash to Mr. Kang and others to be handed to regional headquarters chiefs to support former leader Song's election. He is also suspected of receiving an envelope containing 3 million won from Lawmaker Yoon in April of the same year.

With the National Assembly session not convening until the temporary session opens on the 16th of August, the decision on whether to detain the two incumbent lawmakers will be made directly by the court without a vote on the arrest consent motion in the National Assembly. The Seoul Central District Court is expected to set a date soon for the pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review) for the two lawmakers.

The prosecution filed arrest warrants against the two lawmakers last May, but the arrest consent motion was rejected at the plenary session of the National Assembly held on June 12, resulting in automatic dismissal.

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