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The Supreme Court docket will maintain a second session of deliberation on Thursday in former Democratic Get together Chairman Lee Jae-myung’s election legislation trial.
The courtroom made the announcement Wednesday, only a day after referring the case to its full bench and holding the primary deliberation session instantly.
The Supreme Court docket initially assigned Lee’s case to a four-member bench on Tuesday, however Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae later determined that the total bench ought to deal with the trial.
Lee was first delivered to trial in September 2022 on accusations of mendacity throughout a media interview in violation of the Public Official Election Act when he mentioned he didn’t know Kim Moon-ki, a former government of a improvement firm behind a controversial improvement undertaking.
The previous social gathering chief, who’s now working for president, was initially discovered responsible however the appellate courtroom overturned his conviction final month and the prosecution appealed the decision.
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