South Korean police seek three-year prison sentence for opposition party leader in perjury case... Ruling party ”hopes for fair judgment from court”

In a trial against Lee Jae-myung, the head of the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party in South Korea, for incitement to perjury, the police have sought a three-year prison sentence for the defendant.
On September 30, they commented that the sentencing was "a very reasonable and common sense sentencing to break the chain of lies." Song Young-hoon, a spokesman for the People Power Party, said on the same day, "The essence of Lee's perjury incitement case is
"In 2002, Lee tried to expose the corruption of the then mayor of Seongnam (producer
During the 2018 Gyeonggi Provincial Gubernatorial Election broadcast debate, he falsely claimed that he was “falsely accused” of being a prosecutor.
"When he was put on trial for publishing false facts, he instigated witnesses to give false testimony," Song added. Citing an audio recording of Lee that was released to the media, Song said, "My memory is
"When witnesses confessed that they had not experienced the crime, the whole nation heard voices urging them to lie, saying, 'Just say that you heard that story,'" he said.
"Only a fair trial by law can put an end to this two-year cycle of lies," he said. "Years of falsehoods have been unfounded.
"I hope the court will make a wise decision to put an end to this behavior," he said. Meanwhile, Lee said he was arrested on charges of violating the rights of the late Kim Byung-ryang from December 22 to 24, 2018.
He called Kim Jin Seo, who was the secretary to the former mayor of Seongnam, multiple times, asking him to give false testimony in his favor in the trial for publishing false facts related to the "prosecutor fraud case."
He was indicted on suspicion of soliciting