Kim Geonhee Special Prosecutor Raids Marine Corps Special Investigation Team Over School Violence Cover-Up Allegations

Securing Kim's Call Records Through Voluntary Submission
Allegations of Involvement in Former Protocol Secretary Kim Seunghee's Child's School Violence Case

Kim Geonhee, who was arrested and indicted on charges including stock manipulation of Deutsch Motors, interference in candidate nominations by Myung Taegyun, and allegations of solicitation and bribery involving the Unification Church, is attending her first trial held on the afternoon of September 24, 2025, at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

The special prosecutor's team investigating Kim Geonhee (headed by Special Prosecutor Min Junggi) has launched a search and seizure operation targeting the Marine Corps special investigation team in connection with allegations that a presidential secretary under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration covered up a school violence incident. Instead of enforcing the search and seizure through a standard warrant, the team is securing related materials via voluntary submission.

On the morning of October 30, the special prosecutor's team announced, "In relation to the case involving allegations that Kim Geonhee was involved in covering up a school violence incident, we are executing a search and seizure warrant at the office of the special investigation team for the deceased Marine in order to obtain Kim Geonhee's phone records from July to September 2023."

Kim Geonhee is suspected of having exerted influence in July 2023 to cover up a school violence case involving the child of Kim Seunghee, the former Presidential Protocol Secretary.

At the time, Kim Seunghee's daughter, who was a third-grade student at an elementary school in Seongnam, assaulted a second-grade female student at the same school, causing injuries including corneal damage.

It was revealed that on July 20, 2023, shortly after the school violence incident occurred, Kim Geonhee had an eight-minute phone call with Jang Sangyun, who was then the Vice Minister of Education. This raised suspicions that Kim Geonhee may have played some role in covering up the incident.

Previously, the special prosecutor's team had searched the Seongnam Office of Education and the Gapyeong Office of Education in connection with these allegations, and had summoned and questioned members of the school violence committee and related personnel.

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