Appeals Court Set to Rule on Ex-President Yoon's Trial over Free Opinion Polls
Special counsel sought a four-year term as the court weighed whether 58 free polls worth 270 million won were illegal donations.
- On Wednesday, the Seoul High Court was scheduled to deliver a ruling on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's appeal of a two-year prison sentence for violating the Political Funds Act by accepting free opinion polls.
- Special counsel Min Joong-ki indicted Yoon for colluding with his wife to receive 58 free opinion polls from power broker Myung Tae-kyun, valued at $202,000, between April 2021 and March 2022.
- A lower court convicted Yoon on 14 occasions, ruling they constituted illegal political donations, while finding 44 other instances lacked evidence of consent; prosecutors sought a four-year prison term.
- Kim Keon Hee, Yoon's wife, was acquitted of the same charges in separate trials and is currently awaiting a final ruling from the Supreme Court.
- These proceedings occur as Yoon faces multiple criminal trials following his failed 2024 martial law bid and subsequent ouster from office, expanding his legal jeopardy beyond this case.
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Citing the second-instance ruling on the violation of the Political Funds Act… "Quotation for opinion polls not proven." The appellate court in the case of former President Yoon Suk-yeol on charges of violating the Political Funds Act acknowledged that the former president and his wife intervened in the People Power Party's nomination on behalf of Myeong Tae-gyun. Kim Geon-hee
The Seoul Supreme Court acquitted the former President of the country, Yoon Sok Yeol, in a case of alleged irregularities in ordering public opinion polls prior to the 2022 elections, reports to Renhap on Wednesday.
The Seoul Court of Appeal acquitted the former President of South Korea, Yoon Seok Yeol, who had previously been sentenced to two years ' imprisonment for manipulating public opinion polls during the election; the Court held that the charges of receiving Yoon Sok Yelem and his wife free interviews from the political consultant Men Tae Gyun could not be considered proven, and referred Yohnhap. The Court ' s decision stated that Men Tae …
The court overturned the first-instance ruling and acquitted former President Yoon Suk-yeol in the second trial on charges of receiving public opinion poll results free of charge from Mr. Myeong Tae-gyun. The 7th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Gu Hoe-geun) held the sentencing hearing for the second trial regarding the charges of violating the Political Funds Act against former President Yoon and Mr. Myeong at 2 p.m. o…
Former President Yoon was acquitted in the appellate court of charges regarding receiving free public opinion polls from political broker Myeong Tae-gyun. The court ruled that the polls could not be considered financial gain and that there was insufficient evidence of conspiracy. In response, the Special Counsel team announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court, dissatisfied with the ruling.
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