The Supreme Court will hold a hearing Tuesday on whether to issue an additional arrest warrant for Kim Keon Hee, whose current detention is set to expire at the end of this month.
The Supreme Court's Second Division, presided over by Justice Oh Kyung-mi, will convene the warrant hearing at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to legal sources.
Special Prosecutor Min Joong-ki's team filed a request with the Supreme Court on Oct. 15 for an additional arrest warrant for Kim, citing expectations that a ruling would be unlikely before her detention expires Oct. 31.
Kim was detained on three sets of charges — stock price manipulation involving Deutsch Motors, polling-related allegations tied to Myung Tae-kyun, and allegations of receiving money from the Unification Church — and received a four-year prison sentence at her second trial on April 28. The Supreme Court subsequently referred the case to its full bench to examine the Myung Tae-kyun polling allegations, delaying the final ruling.
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