Former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung appears at the office of special counsel Kwon Chang-young's team in Gwacheon, South Korea, 10 July 2026. He is being questioned as a suspect on allegations of abuse of power for ordering his subordinates not to indict former President Yoon Suk Yeol's wife, Kim Keon Hee, over corruption allegations she faced while her husband was in office. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
July 17 (Asia Today) -- A South Korean court Thursday rejected an arrest warrant for former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung over allegations that he participated in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed declaration of martial law.
The Seoul Central District Court said prosecutors had not sufficiently demonstrated that Shim was likely to destroy evidence.
The court also said the progress of the investigation and related court proceedings made it difficult to conclude that he posed a flight risk.
The court separately rejected an arrest warrant for Jeon Moo-gon, a former head of the policy planning division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
