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It seems that today (19th) whether to arrest former chairman Kim Seong-tae of Ssangbang-wool, whose arrest warrant was requested at dawn, will be decided today.

We connect reporters who are out in the field.



Reporter Polar Hyung-hyun, former chairman Kim gave up the substantive review?



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Yes, the warrant review of former chairman Kim and current chairman Yang Seon-gil, which was originally scheduled to be held at the Suwon District Court at 2:30 pm today, does not seem to be held.



This is because both Chairman Kim's side and the prosecution have announced their official intention to the court that they will not attend the substantive examination.



Yesterday, former Chairman Kim's side and the prosecution were reported to have said, "We will give up the interrogation procedure before arrest in order to faithfully participate in the investigation."



In this way, if neither Kim's side nor the prosecutor's office attends the examination, the court does not open a separate examination and reviews the records received from the prosecution to determine the issuance of an arrest warrant.



Therefore, it seems that it will be decided whether to issue a warrant for former chairman Kim this evening at the earliest.



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Then, what are the main points to check in today's screening?



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Yes, we will first look at whether former Chairman Kim stole money from the company to create a slush fund.



In addition, it seems that the prosecution will look into the charges listed in the warrant one by one, such as the suspicion of giving bribes to former Gyeonggi-do peace governor Lee Hwa-young through corporate cards and illegally sending money to North Korea.



However, one of the main charges, Lee Jae-myeong's suspicion of paying attorney's fees, was omitted from the warrant yesterday.



Former Chairman Kim, who arrived in Korea the morning of the day before, has been under intense investigation for two days, but it is known that the prosecution did not ask about the suspicion.



If a warrant is issued, the prosecution can investigate former chairman Kim in custody for up to 20 days, so it seems that additional investigations will be conducted on this part.



(Field progress: compilation, video editing: Park Jeong-sam)