Court again denies arrest warrant for ex-justice minister

A court again denied a warrant Friday to arrest former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae on charges of involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed imposition of martial law. Park has been accused by special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team of playing a key role in an insurrection by calling a meeting of senior justice ministry officials following the martial law declaration Dec. 3, ordering the possible dispatch of prosecutors to a martial law-related organ, directing the Korea Correctional Service (KCS) to check the capacity of detention facilities and putting Korea Immigration Service officials in charge of travel bans on standby. Cho’s team filed a second request for an arrest warrant earlier this week after the previous request was rejected by the Seoul Central District Court, which stated there was room for dispute over Park’s awareness of the illegal nature of his actions. The court rejected the second request Friday, saying the additional charges and material submitted to support the need for his arrest still left room for debate. It added the former minister deserves the opport

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