Lee Jin-sook, the former chief of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), was detained Thursday as part of an investigation into election law violation allegations and breaching political neutrality, police said. She is accused of breaching political neutrality by making partisan remarks while appearing on conservative YouTube channels in September last year. Police said the remarks were also deemed to violate the election law, as they were allegedly aimed at obstructing the election of President Lee Jae Myung. On the same day, Lee filed a petition with the Constitutional Court, challenging the legality of the law that dismantled the KCC. Lee was appointed to a three-year term by former President Yoon Suk Yeol in July 2024.