Journalist Fined 5 Million Won for Publicizing False Information: 'President's Father Admits to Embezzlement'

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(Andong=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-hyeong = Ahead of the 21st presidential election, then-candidate President Lee Jae-myung admitted to his father's embezzlement of tobacco purchase funds...

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A journalist who claimed that President Lee Jae-myung admitted to his father's past embezzlement of tobacco purchase funds has been sentenced to a fine. The 2nd Criminal Division of the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court (Presiding Judge Kang Seong-woo) announced on the 30th that it sentenced A, who was indicted on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act, to a fine of 5 million won. A was brought to trial on charges of posti…