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Former Attorney General's wife, Chung Kyung-Sim, was arrested today (24th). The court acknowledged the need for arrest, saying he was charged with a large number of crimes and fears the destruction of evidence in the course of the investigation.

I'm Ahn Sang-woo.

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The court issued a warrant of arrest for Professor Chung Kyung-Shim at about 20:20 AM.

Deputy Chief Judge Song Kyung-ho, who was in charge of the arrest warrant, said, "The charges of the crime have been largely called."

Chung is the second of his former attorney generals to be arrested after his five-year-old nephew.

Earlier, the prosecution filed a court arrest warrant for Professor Chung just 55 days after an open investigation.

The prosecution applied 11 charges regarding his daughter's entrance exam corruption, private equity investment and suspicion of extinction.

Professor Chung was reportedly actively protesting the facts and legal aspects of the allegations listed in the warrant at the warrant screening held yesterday.

However, the court found that most of the allegations the prosecution claimed were called to some extent.

In the prosecution's investigation over the past two months, the issue of a warrant of arrest for Professor Chung has been considered the largest watershed in the investigation.

After the arrest warrant was issued, the candlelight rally participants gathered around the prosecutor's office in Seocho-dong and called for a dismissal of the arrest warrant.