(LEAD) Top court holds hearing on new arrest warrant for jailed ex-first lady

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SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court convened a hearing Tuesday to decide whether to issue a new arrest warrant for jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee to continue to keep her in custody.

The hearing took place at the top court after special counsel Min Joong-ki's team requested the warrant for Kim, the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Kim is currently standing trial at the Supreme Court in two separate cases -- the first on corruption charges and the other on bribery-related charges.

Min's team requested the new warrant based on the second case, as her existing warrant on corruption charges will expire Saturday before a final verdict.

Kim attended the hearing virtually from the Seoul Nambu Detention Center, where she has been held since August 2025.

Her lawyers plan to oppose a new warrant by arguing that she poses no risk of fleeing or destroying evidence.

The top court is expected to make a decision on the warrant as early as later in the day.

This file photo, taken Sept. 25, 2025, shows former first lady Kim Keon Hee (C) attending her trial on corruption charges at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

The hearing takes place as the Supreme Court is currently reviewing Kim's sentences by appellate court benches -- a four-year prison sentence in the corruption case and a five-year prison sentence in the bribery case.

The top court's proceedings for the first case have been drawn out after they were referred to its full bench in July.

The trial centers on charges that Kim was involved in a stock price manipulation scheme, accepted luxury gifts from the Unification Church and received free opinion poll results from a self-proclaimed power broker.

The second trial revolves around charges that Kim accepted expensive gifts from multiple people in return for job appointments and business favors.

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首尔，10月27日（韩联社）——韩国最高法院周二召开听证会，决定是否对被监禁的前第一夫人金建熙发出新的逮捕令，以继续将其拘留。

在特别检察官闵仲基的团队要求对前总统尹锡烈的妻子金某发出逮捕令后，最高法院举行了听证会。

金某目前在最高法院面临两起不同的案件审判——一起是腐败指控，另一起是受贿指控。

由于闵某因贪污指控而持有的逮捕令将在周六最终判决前到期，因此闵某的团队根据第二起案件申请了新的逮捕令。

金某通过视频连线的方式从首尔南部拘留中心参加了听证会，她自2025年8月以来一直被关押在那里。

她的律师计划反对新的逮捕令，理由是她没有逃跑或销毁证据的风险。

最高法院预计最早将于当天晚些时候就逮捕令作出裁决。

这张摄于2025年9月25日的资料照片显示，韩国前第一夫人金建熙（中）在首尔中央地方法院出席其贪污指控的庭审。（联营照片）（韩联社）

此次听证会举行之际，最高法院正在复审上诉法院对金某的判决——腐败案判处四年有期徒刑，受贿案判处五年有期徒刑。

最高法院对第一起案件的审理程序在7月份提交全体法官审理后一直拖延至今。

审判的核心是指控金某参与操纵股价计划、接受统一教会的奢侈品礼物，以及从一位自称的权力掮客那里获得免费的民意调查结果。

第二起审判围绕着金某被指控接受多人赠送的贵重礼物，以换取工作任命和商业利益。

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特别检察官寻求对被监禁的前第一夫人发出新的逮捕令，以继续将其拘留。

（第三巡回上诉法院）上诉法院将前第一夫人受贿案的刑期减至5年

最高法院将前第一夫人案件提交全体法官审理，推迟裁决。

（导语）最高法院就监禁的前第一夫人的新逮捕令举行听证会