According to Yonhap News Agency reported on the 13th, the Supreme Court of South Korea will make a final judgment on The case of Lee Jae-ming suspected of spreading false information on the 16th. Lee Jae-myung, the current governor of Gyeonggi Province (the head of South Korea's largest administrative region) and the political star of the ruling party, will not only affect whether he can retain his position as governor, but also affect his candidacy for the next president.
Lee Jae-myung mourns Park Won-soon (Korean media dailian)
Lee jae-ming has been charged with four charges, including the June 2012 suspicion of abusing his power as mayor of Seongnam to forcibly send his brother to a mental hospital; before the 2018 local election, he was suspected of spreading false information and denying sending his brother to a mental hospital on television.
The court of first instance acquitted Lee Jae-ming, but the court of second instance overturned the first-instance judgment and found that Lee Jae-ming used his power to spread false information in violation of the Election Law in violation of the Election Law, and fined him 3 million won.
Lee Jae-ming (News Agency)
The fine of 3 million won, converted into 17,000 yuan, is not a high amount, but it is a fatal blow for Lee Jae-ming. Because South Korean law stipulates that elected civil servants who are sentenced to more than 1 million won in the final judgment for violating the Public Office Election Law or the Political Funds Law are invalid.
Yonhap News Agency pointed out that in the final trial on July 16, if the Supreme Court upheld the original judgment, Lee Jae-ming would be disqualified from public office because of a fine; if the Supreme Court acquitted Lee Jae-ming or remanded the case for retrial, he would have escaped the disaster.
Lee Jae-myung and Moon Jae-in attended a rally to call on Ms. Park to step down. (Newsis News Agency)
It is understood that Lee Jae-myung, 56, has many similarities with the late Seoul mayor Park Won-soon: both are human rights lawyers, have served as mayors (mayor of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province), toughly handled the "Shincheonji" church after the outbreak of the epidemic, and attached importance to relations with China against the deployment of "THAAD". In addition, both are also popular candidates for the next president in the ruling Party's Common Democratic Party camp.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Qin Hong Text Editor: Lu Xiaochuan Caption Source: Visual China Photo Editor: Xiang Jianying