South Korea Arrests Former Chief Justice Linked to Japan Cases
- Yang allegedly meddled in forced labor case to save Japan ties
- Arrest is part of probe into political independence of courts
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South Korea made an unprecedented arrest of a former Supreme Court chief justice as tensions with Tokyo mount about cases winding through its courts from Koreans used as forced labor by imperial Japan.
The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for retired Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae on charges of using his influence to stymie lawsuits including claims for damages by Koreans conscripted into labor during the 1910-45 period.