People's Power leader Han Dong-hoon and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung both say they ”find it hard to accept but respect the verdict on incitement to perjury” in the first trial (Korea)

Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People's Power Party, said on the 25th, in response to the first-instance ruling on the perjury instigation case against Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, that "Only the person who perjured himself is guilty, and the perjury instigation is not guilty."
"I find it hard to accept the first-instance court's verdict of incitement to perjury, which said that the person who instigated the crime was innocent," he said. Han said in the afternoon of the same day that he had spoken out against Lee's first-instance court's verdict of innocence.
Han expressed this view during a press conference. "However, just as we respected the guilty verdict on November 15 (in the first trial on charges of violating the Public Offices Election Act), we will also respect today's ruling.
"I hope that the prison sentence handed down on the 5th will also be respected," he added. "At times like these, the power of the people is even more concentrated in the people's livelihood. We will clear away the old ways and practice change and renewal."
The 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court acquitted Lee of indictment on charges of instigating perjury in the first trial that afternoon.
Defendant Ng Song was sentenced to a fine of 5 million won (approximately 551,340 yen).