Overview
- The Seoul Central District Court on July 16 approved a detention warrant for Kim Ye-seong on charges of evading summonses in the probe of Kim Keon Hee’s network.
- Investigators say Kim fled to Vietnam in April and ignored repeated summonses from the special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki.
- Special counsel prosecutors have requested an Interpol Red Notice through the National Police Agency to bring Kim back to South Korea.
- The prosecution plans to revoke Kim’s passport via the foreign ministry to prevent further international travel.
- Authorities allege Kim received about 18.4 billion won in suspicious investments through his rental car company IMS in 2023.