Overview
- The warrant request was filed Thursday, with Prosecutor Park Sang-jin citing a very high risk of evidence manipulation.
- Prosecutors accuse Han Hak-ja of violating political funding and anti-corruption laws, inciting the destruction of evidence, and embezzlement.
- A Seoul court will examine the request early next week to decide whether to detain the 82-year-old.
- Investigators allege she ordered luxury gifts in 2022 for Kim Keon Hee to curry favor with then-president Yoon Suk Yeol; Han denies wrongdoing after hours of questioning.
- The probe has already ensnared the former first lady and the ousted president and includes a suspected 100 million-won bribe to lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong, while the church calls the action unjust persecution.