Kim Kyung-soo, the governor of Gyeongnam Province, who was accused of directing an act of mass manipulation of public opinion, was present at the court for interrogation of the suspect before the arrest.

Judge Park Bum-seok, director general of the Seoul Central District Court, will interrogate the suspect before the arrest for the governor at 10:30 am today (17th), and he will investigate the allegations of restraint and obstruction of his computer such as his computer.

It is only about four months since the first time the allegation of his involvement in Druck King's murder has been made by Governor Kim.

Prior to entering the court, Governor Kim said, "As it has been so far, I will sincerely explain and sincerely call upon the court."

The special investigator reports that the governor approved the use of the prototype (early version) demonstration of the commenting program 'King Krab,' on Nov. 9, 2016, by visiting Drum King's PJU ELMO Publishing Co.

According to Kim's instructions and acquiescence from December to February 2018, after the development of King-Krap has been completed, it is claimed that Drouking's party has clicked on the favorable and unsupported buttons on the comments of Naver articles about 80 million times.

A special prosecutor's office said that the election officials who tried to manipulate the public opinion, such as Kim Jong-il, at the warrant review, are criminalizing democracy.

On the other hand, the governor of Kim has found an elm publishing company based on the suggestion of Druk King, who was introduced as a supporter of Moon Jae-in. However, he only received an introduction to the economic coevolution meeting. I deny that there is not.

He has been told by Druck King that he is doing a good workout, but he did not know if he was manipulating comments.

Kim is questioning whether the special investigation has "political intention" and that it has forcibly requested the arrest warrant.

Kim is planning to insist that there is no need for arrest, emphasizing that he has an obligation to investigate the province as an incumbent governor and that he is actively responding to a special investigation and that there is little fear of escape.

Whether the court will issue a warrant will be determined at the earliest possible date, or at the latest, tomorrow (18th) at the latest.

(Video coverage: Seung Tae Kim / edited by Lee Eun Kyung)