Seoul: Jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee appeared before a special counsel team Thursday to undergo questioning for the third time since her arrest last week. Kim, the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrived at special counsel Min Joong-ki's office in central Seoul in a prison van from Seoul Southern Detention Center, where she is currently detained.

According to Yonhap News Agency, a Seoul court issued a warrant for her arrest last Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in a stock manipulation scheme, meddling in candidate nominations for the 2022 parliamentary by-elections and 2024 general elections, and receiving luxury gifts from the Unification Church through a shaman in exchange for business favors. The team is expected to question Kim about the allegations of receiving gifts from the church through the shaman, identified as Jeon Seong-bae, in 2022.

Jeon has been accused of giving Kim a diamond necklace and Chanel bags on behalf of the church between April and August 2022. Jeon allegedly delivered requests for business favors from the church along with the luxury gifts. In her previous session Monday, Kim was questioned mainly on charges of interfering in candidate nominations and about her alleged involvement in the stock manipulation case. Kim exercised her right to remain silent for most of the questions.

Meanwhile, Jeon is currently awaiting a court decision on his potential arrest after he waived his right to attend a hearing to review the warrant request earlier in the day. The team also called in Lee Jong-ho, a close associate of Kim, for questioning earlier in the day regarding the stock manipulation case involving Deutsch Motors, a BMW dealer in South Korea, from 2009 to 2012.