Special Counsel Requests Live Broadcast of Kim Keon-hee's Supreme Court Ruling on July 16

The special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki has requested that the Supreme Court allow a live broadcast of the final ruling in the appeal trial of Kim Keon-hee, spouse of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, scheduled for July 16. The case involves allegations of stock price manipulation related to Deutsch Motors and the receipt of illicit funds from the Unification Church.

The special counsel team filed an application for a live broadcast permit with the Second Division of the Supreme Court (Presiding Justice Park Young-jae) today, July 13, regarding the ruling on charges including violations of the Capital Markets Act and the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (mediation of influence).

The ruling is scheduled to take place at 10:15 a.m. on July 16 in Courtroom No. 1 of the Supreme Court.

On July 9, the Supreme Court granted a request from the special counsel team for a live broadcast during the appeal trial of former President Yoon regarding charges including obstruction of arrest by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, marking the first time a small bench ruling was broadcast live.

Kim Keon-hee is accused of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (mediation of influence) by receiving a Graff diamond necklace worth 62 million won and two Chanel bags worth a total of 20 million won from former Unification Church World Headquarters leader Yoon Young-ho between April and July 2022, in exchange for requests to support the religious organization through the shaman known as Geonjin Beopsa, Jeon Seong-bae.

She also faces charges of violating the Capital Markets Act for allegedly participating in Deutsch Motors stock price manipulation between October 2010 and December 2012, gaining 810 million won in unfair profits. Additionally, she is charged with violating the Political Funds Act for allegedly conspiring with former President Yoon to receive public opinion poll results worth 270 million won from a person surnamed Myung between June 2021 and March 2022.

The first trial found her partially guilty only on the charges related to receiving funds from the Unification Church, sentencing her to one year and eight months in prison.

In April, the second trial overturned the previous ruling, finding her guilty on all counts, including partial involvement in the Deutsch Motors stock price manipulation, and increased her sentence to four years in prison and a fine of 50 million won.

However, regarding the charges of receiving illegal public opinion poll results, the court upheld the first trial's decision of not guilty.
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