Police applied for an arrest warrant for former Corrections Bureau Deputy Minister Shin Yong-hae on charges including engaging in major insurrection duties in connection with the Dec. 3 martial law declaration, but prosecutors sent it back.
The Korean National Police Agency's special investigation headquarters for the third special counsel handover cases said on the 20th that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office requested supplementary investigation regarding the arrest warrant requested for the former Deputy Minister. After reviewing the prosecution's requests, the special investigation team plans to reapply for the warrant or refer the case without detention.
During the Dec. 3 martial law declaration, the former Deputy Minister is accused of checking the capacity of each detention center nationwide and reporting a document to former Ministry of Justice Minister Park Sung-jae stating "capacity for 3,600 people."
Following the former Minister's instructions, the former Deputy Minister is also accused of ordering the head of the classification and assessment division at the Corrections Bureau to review "emergency parole" and "additional parole" to secure space.