SEOUL: South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament in a surprise move on Thursday (Sep 21) voted to allow prosecutors to serve an arrest warrant against the main opposition leader who is facing an investigation into bribery and breach of duty charges. The vote means Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung
SEOUL: South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament in a surprise move on Thursday voted to allow prosecutors to serve an arrest warrant against the main opposition leader who is facing an investigation into bribery and breach of duty charges.
The motion was accepted by a margin of 149 to 136, with six abstained votes and four invalid in a secret ballot with 295 votes cast. It is the first time such a motion has passed against a prime minister in South Korea though it is not binding, however, and President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to exercise his power to reject it.while on a hunger strike protesting what he called policy failures by Yoon's government, including economic mismanagement and not doing enough to stop Japan's Fukushima wastewater release.
Lee is accused of asking a company to illegally transfer US$8 million to North Korea when he was the governor of Gyeonggi Province.
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