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The substantive review of the warrant for Deputy Director of the Institute for Democracy, Yong Kim, who has been requested for an arrest warrant for receiving more than 800 million won from a Daejang-dong operator is currently underway.
Let's go to the Seoul Central District Court.
Reporter Park Ye-rin, Vice-President Kim Yong-won Is the warrant review still in progress?
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Yes, the prosecution requested an arrest warrant for Deputy Director Kim early this morning (21st), and the substantive examination of the warrant began at 3:30 pm.
Deputy Director Kim was arrested and moved to the court where the substantive examination of the court warrant was held.
Vice President Kim is accused of receiving 847 million won four times from Attorney Nam Wook in the process of preparing for the 20th presidential election from April to August last year in collusion with Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation.
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If a warrant is issued, could it lead directly to the investigation into Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung?
<Reporter>
Yes, the prosecution defined the nature of the money that Vice President Kim received as the presidential election fund for Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung.
Representative Lee Jae-myung registered as a presidential candidate on June 30 and entered the presidential election in earnest.
Deputy Director Kim was in charge of the competition process as the vice president of the general election camp in July.
If an arrest warrant is issued for Vice-President Kim, it is expected that the investigation into President Lee's presidential campaign funds will begin in earnest along with the prosecution's investigation into the use of the president.
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relation to the attack on the West Sea, a warrant review is being held for former Defense Minister Seo Wook and former Coast Guard Commissioner Kim Hong-hee, right?
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Yes, the warrant review for former Defense Minister Seo Wook, which started at 10 am today, was completed around 2 pm.
After the examination, former Minister Seo left the courtroom without answering reporters' questions.
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Another conflict arose when the bereaved family of the late Lee Dae-jun rushed to Seo-wook, a former minister who left the courtroom.
The charges that the prosecution applied against former Minister Seo include abuse of power and preparation of false public documents.
Former Minister Seo is facing charges including the judgment that Lee voluntarily defected to North Korea in the early hours of the morning after the death of the late Lee Dae-joon, and ordering the deletion of 60 conflicting military secrets.
In addition, the substantive examination of the warrant against Kim Hong-hee, former Commissioner of the Coast Guard, began at 2 pm.
Kim Hong-hee, the former chief of the Coast Guard, who led the search for missing persons and the announcement of the circumstances at the time of the incident, is accused of concealing existing evidence in accordance with the policy of the Blue House National Security Office, distorting the experimental results, and announcing the results of the investigation focusing on voluntarily defecting to North Korea.
When the arrest warrants for the head of the Ministry of National Defense and Coast Guard are issued, the investigation into the then head of the National Intelligence Service and former Director Park Ji-won, who has been exposed to the deletion of documents similar to the former National Security Office Director Seo Hoon, who is pointed out as a superior, is expected to speed up.