Prosecution Requests Detention Warrant For Seungri Based On 7 Charges

The prosecution has filed another request for a pretrial detention warrant for Seungri.

It was revealed on January 10 that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office filed a request for a pretrial detention warrant for Seungri on seven charges.

These charges include habitual gambling, violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, purchasing prostitution services, mediating prostitution services, violation of the Food Sanitation Act, embezzlement, and violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.

The prosecution previously requested a detention warrant in May on five of the charges, but the request was dismissed by the court. The new request includes the addition of habitual gambling and violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act along with the previous five charges.

Court questioning to determine the validity of the pretrial detention warrant will be held on January 13.

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