According to reports by the South Korean media including the Yonhap News Agency, the Chosun Ilbo, and the Hankyoreh Daily, during the eight months that former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yueh was detained in a Seoul detention center, it has received more than 1.2 billion won (1,000 won) in escrow, or 4.6 times the salary of Lee, the incumbent President, next year, this has led to widespread questioning of the escrow system by South Korean politicians and society.
Former South Korean president Yoon Seok-yueh
According to information submitted by the South Korean Ministry of Justice to Kim Yong-min, a member of Parliament from the ruling Democratic Party, Yoon has been detained again since July 10,2025, as of March 15,2025, Yoon had received 1.26 billion won in escrow funds. Yoon received about 650 million won on October 26 last year, and the escrow fund surged more than 600 million won in just over 100 days.
According to the relevant regulations of South Korea, the custody funds of the detention houses are used to purchase toiletries and other necessities of life for detainees. Anyone can send remittances, and there are no restrictions on the number and total amount deposited. A limit of up to 4 million won is imposed on the balance held in a detainee’s account only, and the excess can be applied for transfer to a personal account during detention or withdrawn after release.
According to South Korean media, Yin Xiyue during the custody of frequent deposit and withdrawal of funds, escrow accounts in 243 days as many as 24,100 times, a total of 358 withdrawals, an average of about 1.4 times a day. South Korean media pointed out that the current system only limits the account balance, does not control the total amount and number of deposits and withdrawals, as long as the balance is controlled within the upper limit can be repeated access, this loophole objectively provides space for the continuous inflow of external funds, let the escrow fund with“Disguised financing” color.
Horizontal contrast, Seoul detention center in other detainees and yin xiyue custody of the size of the gap between the gold. The next highest amount was about 100 million won, and the third highest was 51.6 million won, less than 1/10 of Yoon. It is reported that the detention center is also held in the national power of East members, suspected of collusion with Yin Xiyue government president Han Hezi and others.
Meanwhile, Yoon’s wife, Kim Kyung-hee, received about 97.39 million won in escrow payments from Aug. 12,2025, to March 15,2026, at a detention center south of Seoul.
Seoul, South Korea, Central District Court announced in February, Yoon Seok-hyeok leader of civil unrest convicted of first trial was sentenced to life imprisonment. Jin was sentenced in January to one year and eight months in prison in a corruption case. Jin Rongmin stressed that Yin Xiyue, as a criminal, can still receive a huge amount of escrow money in custody, which fully shows that there are obvious loopholes in the current escrow system. He called for a rapid regulatory overhaul to prevent escrow funds from being used to raise capital or accumulate personal wealth.