Representative Lee Jae-myung attended the second trial on the Daejang-dong development scandal...did not answer questions = South Korea

Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the South Korean opposition Democratic Party, who is currently on trial for suspicion of giving preferential treatment to Taejang-dong and Uirae New City, attended his second trial. Recently, Baek
He entered the court without answering any questions about his feelings about being indicted on charges related to the development of Hyeon-dong. Representative Lee will be charged with breach of trust and bribery at a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on the morning of the 17th.
He attended the second trial for these charges. Although the number was smaller than the previous first trial, supporters and opponents gathered at the courthouse from early morning, chanting "Lee Jae-myung, not guilty" and "Lee Jae-myung, detained!"
There was also some confusion for a time. Representative Lee, who was about seven minutes late, slowly entered the courtroom with a cane because his health had deteriorated due to fasting. Recently, there have been suspicions about the development of Baekhyeon-dong, charges of inciting perjury, etc.
He did not answer any questions from reporters about the additional indictment. Today's trial is scheduled to continue until late at night. The trial chamber examined the facts of the trial in the Daejang-dong, Gurye, and Seongnam FC cases.
Both sides plan to finish their opening statements. In the trial, three hours were allotted to the prosecution, one hour and 30 minutes to Lee's side, and four hours to former Party Representative Jeong Jin-sung, head of the political affairs coordination office, respectively. opening statement
The trial alone is expected to take 8 hours and 30 minutes, and will continue until at least 10 pm today. However, if Lee's health deteriorates during the trial, it may end early.
be. This trial can be broadly divided into three charges. First, regarding the Daejang-dong development suspicion, Representative Lee was involved in discussions with Jeong Jin-sang, former head of the Democratic Party's political affairs coordination office, and Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of the planning headquarters of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation.
Due to collusion, only 183 billion won (approximately 20.2 billion yen) of fixed profits were paid out, which is less than the proper dividend profit (672.5 billion won, approximately 74.2 billion yen) that Seongnam Urban Development Corporation should receive from Daejang-dong.
He is accused of giving 489.5 billion won (approximately 54 billion yen) in profits to private companies. The allegation of preferential treatment for the development of a new city began in November 2013 when then Seongnam City Mayor Chung Jin-sang
In collusion with his political aides and others, he used the secrets he learned during the course of the New City Development Project to select Nam Wook and other private companies as implementers, and made a total of 21.1 billion won (approximately 2.3 billion yen). ) Considerable profit
He is accused of attempting to obtain a license. In addition, Seongnam FC received 13.35 billion won (approximately 1.4 billion yen) in sponsorship money from four companies within its jurisdiction, which was used as compensation for obtaining building permits and changing land use.
He is also accused of making such a statement.