{"id":67830,"date":"2022-09-29T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=67830"},"modified":"2025-09-07T08:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:44:59","slug":"terraform-labs-call-the-investigation-into-do-kwon-politicised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/terraform-labs-call-the-investigation-into-do-kwon-politicised\/","title":{"rendered":"Terraform Labs call the investigation into Do Kwon &#8216;politicised&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terraform Labs (TFL) has accused the South Korean prosecutor&#8217;s office of overreach. In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/crypto-fugitive-do-kwons-firm-accuses-korean-prosecutors-of-overreach-11664394082\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, a company spokesperson stressed that the digital asset LUNA is de jure not a security, and therefore not subject to the relevant legislation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We believe the case is highly politicised, and the actions of the Korean prosecutors demonstrate injustice and an inability to uphold the fundamental rights guaranteed by South Korean law,&#8221; said TFL.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Terraform Labs suggested that prosecutors broadened the definition of a security in response to public pressure.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, the South Korean court <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/seoul-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-do-kwon\">issued an arrest warrant<\/a> for the head of the company Do Kwon and five others. According to media reports, prosecutors asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/seoul-prosecutors-seek-revocation-of-passport-for-terra-founder-do-kwon\">cancel their passports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On 17 September Kwon said that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/do-kwon-denies-reports-that-he-is-on-the-run\">he is not \u201cat large\u201d<\/a> and is cooperating with law enforcement. He stressed that he does not intend to reveal his location to outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>In a discussion with WSJ, a Terraform Labs representative also did not disclose where the head of the company is located. He said this was due to &#8220;risk to his physical safety for him and his family.&#8221; He added that unknown individuals had attempted to break into Kwon&#8217;s residences in South Korea and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>On 19 September, the Financial Times reported that the South Korean authorities had sent Interpol <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ft-reports-south-koreas-interpol-request-regarding-do-kwon\">a red notice request<\/a> for the head of TFL. Later reports stated that the request had been granted.<\/p>\n<p>The head himself said that he did not find such information on the organisation&#8217;s publicly available list. The latter may not publish suspects&#8217; details publicly at the request of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For something that has notice in the name it sure gives no notice <\/p>\n<p>Tried to search it here, found nothing: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SuX3aIu6r6\">https:\/\/t.co\/SuX3aIu6r6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Do Kwon \ud83c\udf15 (@stablekwon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stablekwon\/status\/1574447199169019908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;There is no &#8216;cashout&#8217;, as claimed. I have not used KuCoin or OKX, at least in the last year. No funds of TFL, LFG or other entities have been frozen,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier in July 2022, South Korean media reported searches at Kwon&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terraform Labs (TFL) has accused the South Korean prosecutor&#8217;s office of overreach. In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, a company spokesperson stressed that the digital asset LUNA is de jure not a security, and therefore not subject to the relevant legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[974,852],"class_list":["post-67830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-south-korea","tag-terra"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67832,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67830\/revisions\/67832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}