South Korea court to hear top presidential candidate's case after election

South Korea court to hear top presidential candidate's case after election

The high court delayed its first hearing on leading presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung’s election violation case until June 18, two weeks after the poll.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im I-ryeong = The Seoul High Court bench in charge of the retrial of the case of Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung's alleged violation of the Public Official Election Act will hold a preliminary hearing on the 15th...

Court postpones hearing of DPK candidate's retrial after presidential vote

The Seoul High Court on Wednesday postponed the hearing of Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung that had been scheduled for next week over an election law violation case to after the June 3 presidential election. The court had initially planned to hold the first session of the trial involving Lee on May 15, after the top court overturned the high court's acquittal of an election law violation case and sent it back…

The first trial of Lee Jae-myung's appeal for violation of the Public Official Election Act, originally scheduled for the 15th, has been postponed to after the presidential election day to ensure campaign opportunities and eliminate controversy over fairness. The Seoul High Court said on the 7th that the presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung,

South Korean presidential front-runner gets reprieve

The first hearing in the retrial of the South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung for allegedly violating election laws has been moved to June 18, after the presidential election, a court said on Wednesday.

Seoul High Court delays Lee Jae-myung’s trial until after election day

The Seoul High Court on Tuesday granted a request from Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung to delay the first hearing of his retrial on election law violations, rescheduling it from May 15 to June 18 — 15 days after the June 3 snap presidential election. The court stated that the decision was necessary […] The post Seoul High Court delays Lee Jae-myung’s trial until after election day appeared first on Korea Pro.