South Korean prosecutors indict Lee Jae-myung for ``inciting perjury'' without detention...Three trials proceeding simultaneously

Prosecutors put Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the opposition Democratic Party, on trial on charges of inciting perjury. Representative Lee is expected to have to handle a minimum of three and a maximum of five trials at the same time.
It will be done. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office announced on the 16th that Lee and Kim Jin-sung were detained without indictment on charges of abetting perjury and perjury, respectively.
Lee is accused of inciting perjury in December 2018 when he was a secretary to former Seongnam Mayor Kim Byung-ryang.
It is said that he contacted Kim Jin Sung, who had been a prosecutor, and demanded that he attend as a witness in a trial on charges of disclosing false facts under the Public Offices Election Act in connection with his own ``prosecutor impersonation case'' and give false testimony in his favor.
It's the content. Prior to this, the Seoul Central District Court dismissed Lee's arrest warrant and stated that the charge of inciting perjury "will likely be clarified." The court may also find Representative Lee guilty.
This means that they are considered to have high potential. A source from the Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors Office said, ``The perjury and abetting case was committed while Lee was the governor of Gyeonggi Province, and he was the mayor of Seongnam, where the trial is currently underway.
There is no direct connection to the Taejang-dong, Wire-dong, and Baekhyeon-dong development fraud cases, and he has already been found not guilty of violating the Public Offices Election Act, which was the premise of perjury. death
"This is a separate criminal charge stemming from a closed case," and, "Considering the need to file a public prosecution together with defendant Kim Jin-sung, the main offender, we filed a separate indictment without applying for the consolidation of the existing cases."
. The official also said, ``The case of Representative Lee's remittances to North Korea has been transferred to the Suwon (Suwon) District Public Prosecutors Office.'' All the people involved, including Deputy Governor Lee Hwa-young, have been indicted at the Suwon District Court and are currently on trial.
Considering that the Suwon District Public Prosecutors Office is currently conducting an investigation into those involved, we plan to transfer the case and proceed with the necessary additional investigation."
Currently, CEO Lee is accused of making false statements related to the late Kim Moon-ki, Baekhyeon-dong, and Daejang-dong.
Two trials are proceeding simultaneously on charges of fraud in the development of the new city. On the 12th of this month, the prosecutors, who additionally brought Lee to trial on charges of fraudulent development of Baekhyeon-dong, want this case to be merged with the trial of Daejang-dong and Chirye.
The court is currently considering the matter. If the court does not accept the annexation, Lee will have to attend four trials at the same time, and if he is additionally indicted in the future for the suspicion of sending money to North Korea, there will be five trials.
must proceed at the same time. The allegations surrounding remittances to North Korea, Daejang-dong, and Baekhyeon-dong are relatively complex and require a large number of witnesses to be called to trial, so it seems inevitable that the trial will take a long time.