[Breaking] Detention Warrant for Cha Gyu-geun, Director of Immigration and Foreign Policy Bureau, Denied in 'Kim Hak-eui Departure Ban' Case

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] The detention warrant requested by the prosecution for Cha Gyu-geun, head of the Immigration and Foreigners Policy Headquarters at the Ministry of Justice, who is accused of approving the illegal 'emergency travel ban' against former Vice Minister of Justice Kim Hak-ui, was dismissed on the 6th.

The Suwon District Court judge O Dae-seok, who conducted the pre-arrest interrogation (warrant review) for Director Cha the previous day, dismissed the detention warrant in the early morning of the same day.

With Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol opposing the establishment of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency (Jungsucheong) under the ruling party and resigning on the 4th, the dismissal of the detention warrant for Director Cha is expected to inevitably cause setbacks in the prosecution's investigation.