Kim Keonhee, Whose Detention Expires on Oct. 31, Faces Additional Arrest Warrant Hearing Today

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Kim Keonhee, whose detention period is set to end this coming October 31, is facing a Supreme Court hearing today (October 27) to determine whether her detention will be extended. The decision is expected to be released as early as this evening.

Reporter Park Jae-yeon has the details.

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Kim Keonhee has been on trial in custody since she was indicted in August of last year over three major allegations: the Deutsch Motors stock manipulation case, accepting valuables from the Unification Church, and the Myeong Tae-gyun opinion poll controversy.

The Supreme Court en banc is currently reviewing the final appeal regarding these three major suspicion cases, and Kim's detention period related to these cases is scheduled to expire on October 31.

This raised the possibility that Kim could be released before a final ruling is handed down on the three suspicion cases.

In response, the special counsel requested on October 15 that the Second Division of the Supreme Court, which is handling the separate trial regarding allegations of official position trading, exercise its authority to issue an additional arrest warrant for Kim.

While her detention period cannot be extended any further in connection with the three suspicion cases, issuing an additional arrest warrant regarding the separate case involving official position trading would allow authorities to keep her in custody.

Accordingly, the Second Division of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hold a hearing starting at 2:30 p.m. today to decide whether to issue the additional arrest warrant.

The hearing will be held behind closed doors. Kim will not appear in person at the Supreme Court but is scheduled to participate via video link from the Seoul Nambu Detention Center, where she is currently incarcerated.

Kim's legal counsel and the special counsel team are scheduled to appear in the courtroom.

Kim's legal team stated that "Kim's bodily freedom cannot continue to be restricted simply because the review of the final appeal has not concluded," maintaining the stance that an additional arrest warrant should not be issued.

The decision on whether to issue an additional arrest warrant for Kim Keonhee is expected to be made as early as this evening.

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