Judge Denies Prosecutor Request for Pre-trial Confinement for Cho Kuk

GIKorea | January 1, 2020 | crime & punishment | 3 Comments

I do find it interesting that the Korean courts put former President Park Geun-hye n pre-trial confinement for fear of evidence destruction and fleeing the country, but they did not put Cho Kuk in jail. Is this a sign that the fix is in to protect him?:

Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk leaves a detention center in eastern Seoul, where he awaited a decision on the prosecution’s request to arrest him on charges of abuse of authority, on Friday. [YONHAP]

Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk managed to avoid pretrial detention on Friday, as a local court turned down the prosecution’s request for an arrest warrant to investigate his alleged abuse of power during his service at the Blue House.
Judge Kwon Deok-jin of the Seoul Eastern District Court announced his decision to reject the prosecutors’ request to take Cho into custody at 1 a.m. on Friday, saying Cho is not a flight risk and there is no possibility of evidence destruction, although the prosecution has proven the criminal charges against the former justice minister.
Joong Ang Ilbo

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