The Yoon’s Become the First Presidential Couple Ever Jailed Simultaneously
Cho Kuk and his family must have been cheering when they heard this news:
Former first lady Kim Keon Hee has been arrested on charges of involvement in a stock manipulation scheme, election meddling and bribery, making her and her husband, former President Yoon Suk Yeol, the first former presidential couple to be detained simultaneously.
The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant against her late Tuesday, citing concerns she could destroy evidence, after special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team requested it last week on charges of violating the Capital Market Act, the Political Funds Act and a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation.
During Tuesday’s hearing prior to her arrest, special prosecutors emphasized the risks of her destroying evidence, while her lawyers argued he had cooperated with questioning and was in poor health.
You can read more at the link.
What kind of Mickey Mouse outfit is South Korea trying to call itself? I am no supporter of Yoon or his wife; but this fiasco make the whole country look very “special”. As in Short Bus special.
What strange, unknown, extralegal, and unconstitutional power does an unelected “first lady” in Korea have to perform “stock manipulation”, “election meddling”, and “bribery”?
Those are really a powerful own goals… because she has no such powers…
Granted, she was not exactly a super model; but she’s not been charged with being frumpy.