Former Woori Holdings Chairman Sohn Tae-seung will be arrested for 'unfair loan of relatives'

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Sohn Tae-seung, former chairman of Woori Financial Group, who is suspected of unfair loans by his relatives, is at the crossroads of arrest today.

The prosecution believes that the amount of illegal loans that former chairman Sohn was involved in amounted to KRW 40 billion,
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The warrant hearing for former chairman Son will be held this afternoon, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the interrogation of the suspect before the arrest of former chairman Sohn will be held at the Seoul Southern District Court at 2 p.m. today.

Earlier, the Financial Supervisory Service asked the prosecution to investigate allegations that Woori Bank unfairly lent about 35 billion won to corporations or private businesses related to Sohn's relatives from April 2020 to January this year.

After nearly three months of investigation, the prosecution believed that there was an additional illegal loan worth 8 billion won and indicated it in the arrest warrant bill.

The prosecution is checking whether there was an order or acquiescence of former chairman Sohn in the process of a large amount of unfair loans,

In a two-day recall investigation on the 20th and 21st, Sohn denied most of the allegations.

The prosecution requested an arrest warrant for Chairman Sohn on the 22nd, judging that the issue was serious and that there was a risk of destroying evidence, such as kissing Woori Bank officials who were converted to suspects,
Whether to detain
is expected to be decided tonight or early tomorrow morning.

In addition, the prosecution recently changed Cho to a suspect, believing that current management, including Woori Bank President Cho Byung-kyu, did not immediately report to financial authorities even though they were aware of the unfair lending process.

It has been found that Woori Bank's headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul were raided and secured related data for three days from the 18th to the 20th.

A total of three people have been put on trial in connection with the case so far, with former chairman Sohn's brother-in-law, identified only by his surname Kim, and former head of Woori Bank's headquarters, who are considered key officials in unfair loans, being arrested and indicted in September and October.

I'm YTN Lim Yejin from the social studies department.