"I'm Not in a Position to Introduce a Lawyer"... Court Delivers Rebuke on Public Perception

The 21st Criminal Settlement Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Cho Soon-pyo) held the first-instance sentencing trial today (July 27) at 2:00 PM for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.

If former President Yoon, who was indicted on charges of publicizing false information during his presidential campaign, receives a confirmed sentence of a fine of 1 million won or more in this case, the People Power Party will have to return 39.7 billion won in election expenses to the National Election Commission.

Former President Yoon is accused of publicizing false information during a Kwanhun Club invitation debate in December 2021—when he was a presidential candidate—by stating to the effect that "I have never introduced lawyer Lee (formerly of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Central Investigation Department) to former police station chief Yoon Woo-jin," and of publicizing false information in January 2022 by stating to the effect that "I was introduced to Jeon Sung-bae, known as Geomjin-beopsa, by a party official, and I have never met him together with first lady Kim."

The court stated that former President Yoon's denial of having introduced the lawyer can be deemed as a public disclosure of false information.

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