Court again denies arrest warrant for shaman with alleged ties to Yoon

Jeon Seong-bae, a shaman, enters the Seoul Southern District Court docket, Thursday. Yonhap

A Seoul court docket on Thursday once more rejected an arrest warrant for a shaman reportedly near President Yoon Suk Yeol and his spouse, who faces allegations of accepting unlawful political funds practically six years in the past.

The Seoul Southern District Court docket rejected the prosecution’s request after a listening to attended by Jeon Seong-bae, the shaman, citing that there’s room for authorized dispute.

The court docket had beforehand rejected the prosecution’s request for his detention final month.

Jeon is suspected of receiving about 100 million gained ($69,027) in unlawful political funds from a candidate throughout the ruling occasion’s nomination race for the 2018 native elections.

He’s additionally believed to have performed a task in Yoon’s presidential marketing campaign previous to the election in March 2022 and has been accused of leveraging his private connections with the primary household to affect enterprise pursuits. (Yonhap)