An ally of impeached ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol has become the first sitting MP since 1999 to be arrested amid a Unification Church scandal
Kweon, a five-term lawmaker and former floor leader, was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Seoul Central District Court granted an arrest warrant, citing concerns over the possible destruction of evidence.
Never before, since the inception of South Korea’s system of special prosecutors in 1999, has a sitting member of parliament been arrested under such circumstances.
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