Overview

• Special counsel Min Joong-ki asked the Seoul Central District Court to detain Han on charges including Political Funds Act and anti-graft violations, embezzlement and subornation of evidence destruction.
• Prosecutors allege she conspired with a former church official to deliver 100 million won to PPP lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong in 2022 in return for favors for the church.
• Investigators say church funds financed a luxury necklace and Chanel bags for Kim Keon Hee and that Han ordered evidence destroyed ahead of a police probe into the official’s alleged overseas gambling.
• Han arrived in a wheelchair, declined to answer reporters’ questions, and, according to sources, denied giving money to politicians while apologizing and attributing wrongdoing to the former official; the church also denies her involvement.
• A separate special counsel has summoned former president Yoon Suk Yeol over treason allegations tied to a drone operation as Kim Keon Hee remains in custody in related corruption cases.