Seoul, Sept. 23 -- A warrant was issued to detain Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja on bribery charges involving Kim Keon-hee, wife of the impeached former President Yoon Suk-yeol, a special counsel team said Tuesday.
The Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant, sought by the team of Min Joong-ki, special prosecutor leading the investigation into corruption allegations linked to the former first lady.
The court said that Han was feared to destroy evidence. The 83-year-old was jailed in the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, south of the capital Seoul.
Han was accused of colluding with a former church official to deliver illegal political funds in January 2022 to Kweon Seong-dong, a lawmaker of the main conservative opposition P...