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A court docket is ready to rule within the case of fundamental opposition Democratic Celebration Chairman Lee Jae-myung, who stands accused of subornation of perjury.
The Seoul Central District Court docket will start its listening to at 2 p.m. Monday, ten days after Lee acquired a suspended sentence in a separate case for breaking the election legislation by mendacity throughout his presidential marketing campaign.
The get together chief was indicted in October final yr on expenses of subornation of perjury for allegedly urging Kim Jin-seong, a secretary to former Mayor Kim Byung-ryang of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, to supply false testimony in February 2019 in an election legislation case involving Lee.
Lee maintains that he solely requested the secretary to testify in accordance along with his reminiscence, however the secretary testified in January that he lied at Lee’s request.
In September, the prosecution requested the court docket for a three-year jail time period for Lee.
If Lee receives a jail time period that isn’t overturned on enchantment, he will probably be stripped of his parliamentary seat and barred from working for public workplace.
