[Breaking] Court Submits Request for Arrest Consent of Representative Lee Jae-myung to Government

On the 18th, the court submitted a request for consent to arrest Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, to the government.

That morning, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Eom Hee-jun) filed a pre-arrest warrant request against Lee on charges including breach of trust under the Specific Economic Crimes Act, perjury inducement, bribery under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, and violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, related to the Baekhyeon-dong development preferential treatment and Ssangbangwool Group's remittance to North Korea cases.

According to Article 26 of the National Assembly Act (Procedure for Requesting Consent to Arrest), after obtaining the president's approval, the government attaches a copy of the request for consent to arrest a member of the National Assembly and requests consent from the National Assembly. The Speaker reports this at the first plenary session convened, and a vote must be held between 24 hours after the report and within 72 hours.

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