Yoon Kwan-seok: "Prosecutors' Unconstitutional Reapplication for Arrest Warrant... We Will Fight Back"

Prosecutors investigating the 2021 Democratic Party of Korea leadership election cash envelope scandal have reissued arrest warrants for lawmakers Yoon Kwan-seok and Lee Sung-man. In response, Lawmaker Yoon stated, "This is an unconstitutional reissuance of arrest warrants," and vowed to "fight back firmly."

On the 1st, Yoon posted on his social media (SNS), "I will firmly fight against the prosecution's unconstitutional, politically retaliatory, and irregular reissuance of arrest warrants," expressing his stance.

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Yoon is accused of distributing a total of 60 million won, 3 million won each, to 20 incumbent Democratic Party lawmakers to support former leader Song Young-gil's election ahead of the May 2021 leadership election.

He said, "The prosecution has unprecedentedly exploited the parliamentary recess politically, filing an unfair and cunning arrest warrant that violates the principle of separation of powers, a fundamental order of democracy. Furthermore, even as a member of the National Assembly, the right to defense in criminal procedures and the principle of non-custodial investigation must be guaranteed as a citizen of the Republic of Korea."

He added, "I earnestly request the court's wise judgment regarding the prosecution's unconstitutional cunning warrant that disregards the democratic procedures of the National Assembly."

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