On the 27th, the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Division 21 (Presiding Judge Cho Soon-pyo) sentenced former President Yoon to 1 year and 6 months in prison, suspended for 3 years, on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act. The court found all charges surrounding Yoon guilty. First, the court considered the statement that 'I never introduced a lawyer to former Yongsan Tax Office Chief Yoon Woo-jin' as a false statement, but the court found that in 2012, former President Yoon had a meeting with reporter Han The statement that he admitted twice during the phone call and the 2019 confirmation hearing for Prosecutor General nominee that he had connected Yoon with a lawyer contradicts the statement in question. 'Geonjin Beopsa Jeon Seong-bae was introduced by party officials and has never met with Mrs. Kim Keon-hee,' which was also recognized as a guilty statement, because the statement could lead voters to interpret that 'former President Yoon and Mr. Chun had no prior relationship before the election.' The court also criticized, "It is very important for the candidate to directly announce false information at highly impactful events such as debates or interviews, which has a significant impact on the election," and added, "It is difficult to conclude that the election outcome was determined solely by this crime , but it is sufficient to conclude that sound decision-making was compromised by this crime," they criticized. If the sentence is finalized by the Supreme Court, the People Power Party, which was the party to which former President Yoon belonged, must return the election preservation funds to the election commission. According to the Public Official Election Act, a fine of 1 million won or more results in invalidation of election, and if the sentence is invalidated, the 39.7 billion won in preserved campaign funds must be returned. Former President Yoon's side naturally reportedly expressed their intention to appeal, but said, "The court ruled that it merely copies the unilateral claims of the special prosecutor," and added, "There are many errors in the verdict, so we plan to fight properly in the appellate court." Only fines of over 1 million won Once finalized,,, the 39.7 billion won must be returned to invalidate the election,,, The People Power Party is going crazy again!! Raising the 39.7 billion won in return is difficult, and the party's operations will suffer huge disruptions!!!!!!
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