(LEAD) lawmakers-arrest warrants(LEAD) Prosecutors seek arrest warrants for 2 lawmakers again over DP cash-for-votes scandal(ATTN: UPDATES with more background info) SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors sought arrest warrants for two lawmakers for a second time Tuesday over a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the main opposition Democratic Party's (DP) 2021 leadership election, after the National Assembly refused to consent to their arrests earlier this year. Reps. Youn Kwan-suk and Lee Sung-man, now independents after quitting the DP, are accused of involvement in distributing cash envelopes, each containing 3 million won, to 20 DP lawmakers as part of the election campaign of former DP leader Song Young-gil.

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