Democratic Party of Korea calls Lee Jae-myung's two-year prison sentence in appeal trial for election law ”the murder of a political opponent by the political prosecution” - South Korea

On the 26th, the Democratic Party of Korea stated, "The prosecution's political opponents are the political prosecution's political opponents," in response to the prosecution's request for a two-year prison sentence, the same as in the first trial, at the final hearing of the appeal hearing for Lee Jae-myung, who was indicted on charges of violating the Public Offices Election Act.
"The prosecution has again sought a two-year prison sentence for Chairman Lee in the Public Offices Election Law case. In the end, he was found not guilty," said Lee Geon-tae, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Korea, in a written briefing on the same day.
"The prosecution will face harsh public scrutiny and a conclusion will be reached, and the political prosecution will face harsh public scrutiny," he said. "This case is the result of the prosecution fabricating statements that Lee did not make,
"Since the prosecution was initiated, he is obviously innocent. Legally, this is a case that cannot be considered a crime," he said. He added, "The outrageous prosecution is an overly broad interpretation prohibited by the Supreme Court.
The only thing left is a wise decision. I am confident that we can correct the case and find him innocent." The Democratic Party's "Committee for the Achievement of Judicial Justice and Countermeasures against Prosecutor Dictatorship" also issued a statement saying, "The prosecution is a
In order to create a crime that did not exist, the court fabricated a case by piecing together words that did not exist, and then went to the outrageous step of seeking a heavy two-year sentence.
"I hope that as the last bastion of human rights and democracy, the court will deliver a just ruling," he added.
During the Democratic Party presidential election, Lee was in a TV interview as a former president of the Democratic Party.
(Seongnam) He was indicted on charges of publishing false facts by making statements to the effect that he did not know the late Kim Moon-gi, Director of Development 1 of the Urban Development Corporation. In the first trial, he was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, which will result in him losing his seat as a council member.
The ruling on the appeal is expected to be made around the end of next month at the earliest.