Supreme Court to Live Broadcast Ruling on Kim Keon-hee's Stock Manipulation and Unification Church Bribery Case on July 24

The Supreme Court ruling on the appeal of First Lady Kim Keon-hee, involving allegations of stock manipulation related to Deutsch Motors, bribery involving the Unification Church, and the receipt of opinion poll results from Myung Tae-kyun, will be broadcast live on July 24.
The Supreme Court's Second Petty Bench (Presiding Justice Kwon Young-jun, Justice in charge Park Young-jae) announced its decision to live broadcast the sentencing hearing for Kim, which is scheduled for 2:00 PM on July 24.
This marks the second time a petty bench ruling has been broadcast live, following the appeal ruling on July 9 regarding former President Yoon's case involving the obstruction of an arrest by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials.
The court accepted the request for broadcast permission filed by the special prosecutor team led by Min Joong-ki on July 13. The broadcast will be conducted by filming with the Supreme Court's own equipment and transmitting the feed in real-time to broadcasting stations.
The sentencing date was originally set for July 16, but it was postponed to July 24 after the special prosecutor team's request for a delay was granted.
Previously, the special prosecutor team had requested the postponement of Kim's sentencing date on July 14, asking the court to review the judgment of the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Agreement Division 33 (Presiding Judge Lee Jin-kwan), which had found former President Yoon guilty of receiving free opinion poll results from Myung Tae-kyun and sentenced him to two years in prison.
Kim is accused of receiving a Graff diamond necklace worth 62 million won and two Chanel bags worth a total of 20 million won from Yoon Young-ho, former head of the Unification Church's world headquarters, through the shaman known as Geonjin-beopsa, Jeon Seong-bae, between April and July 2022, in exchange for favors regarding church support.
She also faces charges of violating the Capital Markets Act for allegedly participating in Deutsch Motors stock manipulation between October 2010 and December 2012, gaining 810 million won in unfair profits, and violating the Political Funds Act for allegedly conspiring with former President Yoon to receive opinion poll results worth 270 million won from Myung between June 2021 and March 2022.
The first trial found her partially guilty only on the charges related to receiving bribes from the Unification Church, sentencing her to one year and eight months in prison.
The second trial overturned this, finding her guilty on all charges, including partial guilt for participating in the Deutsch Motors stock manipulation, and increased her sentence to four years in prison and a fine of 50 million won.
However, the court ruled her not guilty on the charges of receiving opinion poll results from Myung Tae-kyun, consistent with the first trial.
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