The special prosecutor's case against Kim Keon-hee for violating the Capital Markets Act and the Political Fund Act has been assigned to the 27th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court.
The Seoul Central District Court assigned the case of Mrs. Kim, who was arrested and indicted on charges of violating the Capital Markets Act, the Political Fund Act, and the Serious Crimes Aggravated Punishment Act related to bribery, to the 27th Criminal Division (Director General Woo In-sung) on the 1st.
The 27th Criminal Division also handles the case involving Jeon Seong-bae, who is suspected of soliciting Mrs. Kim through the Unification Church-related inquiries.
Earlier, the special prosecutor arrested and indicted Mrs. Kim on the 29th of last month. She is the first spouse of a former president to be arrested and indicted.
The special prosecutor stated in the indictment that Mrs. Kim was an accomplice in the 'Deutsch Motors stock manipulation case.' It concluded that Mrs. Kim colluded with Kwon Oh-soo and Lee Jong-ho to manipulate Deutsch Motors' stock from around October 2010 to around December 2012, obtaining illegal profits amounting to 810 million won, thus violating the Capital Markets Act.
Mrs. Kim is also suspected of having received two 'Chanel' bags worth around 10 million won and a 'Graf' necklace costing about 60 million won through Jeon Seong-bae while helping to resolve issues related to the Unification Church.
Additionally, the special prosecutor suspects that the couple, Yoon Suk-yeol, former president, received opinion polls related to the presidential election for free from Myung and former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Young-sun during the 2022 election process, and that in return, the People Power Party intervened to ensure Kim was given a nomination.
Meanwhile, the special prosecutor for insurrection assigned the case of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was indicted without detention on charges of aiding insurrection leaders on the 29th of last month, to the 33rd Criminal Division (Director General Lee Jin-gwan).
The 33rd Criminal Division is the court handling President Lee Jae-myung's 'Daejang-dong trial.' However, this division postponed the proceedings against the president last June, citing Article 84 of the Constitution, which stipulates that 'the president shall not be subject to criminal indictment during his term, except in cases of insurrection or foreign crimes.' Accordingly, the related trial is only proceeding with the case of Jeong Jin-sang, the former chief of the Democratic Party of Korea's representative office, who was indicted together.
The special prosecutor for insurrection has indicted Han Duck-soo, former Prime Minister, on six charges, including aiding insurrection leaders, producing and using false public documents, damaging public documents, violating the Presidential Records Management Act, and perjury, without detention on the 29th of last month.
Former Prime Minister Han is accused of participating in or aiding former President Yoon Suk-yeol's proclamation of a state of emergency on December 3 of last year. It is alleged that he failed to prevent the unconstitutional and illegal declaration of a state of emergency by the former president and suggested convening the Cabinet meeting to give formal legitimacy to the emergency.
Former Prime Minister Han is also suspected of being involved in the process of drafting and then disposing of a new emergency proclamation after President Yoon declared the state of emergency. It is reported that after Han signed a document drafted by former Chief of Staff Kang Yi-gu following the emergency, he requested to disregard the matter, saying that 'if the fact that the document was prepared afterward is revealed, it could lead to controversy.' Consequently, the document was ultimately discarded.
Additionally, former Prime Minister Han is also suspected of committing perjury by stating during his impeachment trial and in the National Assembly that he 'was not aware of the emergency proclamation document.'