Former President Yoon Suk-yeol has received more than 1.2 billion won in custodial deposits since his re-arrest in July last year, records show. His wife Kim Keon-hee received approximately 97 million won during her detention, bringing the couple's combined total to over 1.3 billion won.
According to data submitted by the Ministry of Justice to the office of Rep. Kim Yong-min of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, Yoon received 1.2624 billion won between his re-arrest by the insurrection special counsel (Special Prosecutor Jo Eun-seok) on July 10 last year and March 15 this year. The amount was by far the largest among all inmates at Seoul Detention Center during the same period. The single individual who sent the most money accounted for a total of 14.4 million won in deposits.
Kim Keon-hee also received 97.39 million won in custodial deposits between her incarceration at Seoul Southern Detention Center on August 12 last year and March 15 this year. The amount was the second-highest among inmates at Seoul Southern Detention Center during the same period.
Custodial deposits refer to funds that inmates at correctional facilities such as prisons and detention centers use to purchase daily necessities and snacks. The holding limit is 4 million won. Any amount exceeding this limit can be paid out upon release or transferred to a personal bank account. There is no cap on the total amount or frequency of deposits. In effect, Yoon has accumulated funds far exceeding the presidential annual salary of 271.77 million won (based on this year's figure) since his detention.