[Breaking] Kim Man-bae and Shin Hak-rim Arrested for 'Fake Interview on Presidential Election Public Opinion Manipulation'..."Risk of Escape and Evidence Destruction"
Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, who is suspected of conducting a false interview and exchanging money during the 20th presidential election, and Shin Hak-rim, former chairman of the Korean Federation of Journalists' Unions, were arrested on the 21st.
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On the previous day, Kim and former chairman Shin underwent a detention hearing (pre-arrest suspect interrogation) at the Seoul Central District Court. Judge Kim Seok-beom, in charge of the warrant, issued arrest warrants for both individuals around 12:20 a.m., stating concerns about the possibility of evidence destruction and flight risk.
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