Overview

• Seoul Central District Court approved an arrest warrant for Han, 82, citing concern she could destroy evidence, and she was remanded to the Seoul Detention Center.
• Special counsel Min Joong‑ki’s team sought the warrant on suspected violations of the Political Funds Act and the anti‑graft law, along with subornation of evidence destruction and embezzlement.
• Prosecutors allege Han worked with a former church official to deliver 100 million won to PPP Rep. Kweon Seong‑dong in 2022 in exchange for favors linked to Yoon Suk Yeol’s election.
• Han is also suspected of arranging luxury gifts for Kim Keon Hee using church funds and directing evidence destruction before a police probe into the intermediary’s alleged overseas gambling.
• Han denies wrongdoing and the church says an ex‑official acted alone, while investigators plan to examine reported mass PPP sign‑ups; a separate warrant for her former chief of staff was rejected.