Seoul, Sept. 17 -- A South Korean court issued a warrant to detain Kweon Seong-dong, lawmaker of the main conservative opposition People Power Party on bribery charge, a special counsel team said Wednesday.
The Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant, sought by the team of Min Joong-ki, special prosecutor leading the investigation into corruption allegations involving Kim Keon-hee, wife of the impeached former President Yoon Suk-yeol.
The court said that Kweon was feared to destroy evidence. The five-term lawmaker was jailed in the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of the capital Seoul.
Kweon, once seen as a close confidant of Yoon, was accused of receiving illegal political funds and being promised church member votes from...