Prosecutors seek arrest warrants for Myung Tae-kyun and Kim Young-sun for "violation of the Political Fund Act."

[Anchor]
The prosecution investigating the case of 'suspected intervention in the nomination' has requested an arrest warrant for former lawmaker Kim Young-sun and Myung Tae-kyun to the court.

The charges are a violation of the Political Fund Act.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Park Jong Hyuk!

I heard the prosecution requested an arrest warrant.

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Changwon District Prosecutors' Office said it submitted a request for a corner warrant against former lawmaker Kim Young-sun and Myung Tae-kyun to the court at around 4:45 p.m. today (11th).

The charges against the two men are in violation of the Political Fund Act.

is accused of receiving 90 million won in salary from former lawmaker Kim after the 2022 by-election.

The two explained to the prosecution to the effect that they lent and paid each other back.

The prosecution called Myeong last Friday and weekend to investigate whether he violated the Political Fund Act for two consecutive days.

Earlier, on the 3rd and 4th, former lawmaker Kim Young-sun was summoned to investigate for two days.

As the summoning of the key person has been completed, it seems that the recruitment has been processed.

Meanwhile, suspicions have emerged that President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife intervened in the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun in the 2022 parliamentary by-election.

This is what Kang Hye-kyung, a former accounting manager of Kim, revealed in the last parliamentary audit.


has been polling free of charge for then-candidate Yoon Suk Yeol in the last presidential election and winning the nomination of former lawmaker Kim in return.

Attention is focusing on the results of the prosecution's investigation whether such suspicions will also be covered.

Along with the two, the prosecution also requested arrest warrants for two people who were preliminary candidates for the head of the local government and metropolitan city council in the 8th simultaneous local election.

In the meantime, the interrogation of the suspect before arrest, which decides whether the four people will be arrested, is expected to take place as early as Thursday or the 14th.

I'm Park Jong Hyuk of YTN at Gyeongnam Report Headquarters.