Early on Thursday a Seoul Central District Court judge said the court had rejected a request by prosecutors for a warrant to arrest Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin in connection with the investigation.
The probe, which became public in June, derailed Lotte Group's previous plan for a $4.5 billion IPO for Hotel Lotte. (Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)South Korea's Lotte Group says still intends to list Hotel Lotte
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