SEOUL, April 7 (AJP) - Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon, who had been detained for allegedly instigating a courthouse intrusion, is set to be released on bail Tuesday.
The Seoul Western District Court granted bail after the outspoken far-right pastor cited health reasons in his request.
The court said the pastor of Sarang Jeil Church, a presbyterian church in northern Seoul, needs regular hospital visits to treat a urological condition related to diabetes, adding that "his face is widely known, so the risk of flight is low." It also said that a travel ban would prevent him from fleeing overseas.
Once he fulfills the bail conditions set by the court, which require him to pay 100 million Korean won and bar him from any direct or indirect contact with people connected to the intrusion, he will be released.
Jeon has been accused of inciting the incident in January last year in an attempt to prevent the arrest of disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024.
He allegedly encouraged his church members and Yoon's diehard supporters to storm the Seoul Western District Court in search of the judge who issued the arrest warrant, damaging court property and assaulting police and others.
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