Lee Jae-myung’s Perjury Teacher Case: Trial Updates and Legal Analysis

2023-11-16 12:49:10

A witness indicted on charges of perjury in court by Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung’s teacher said on the 16th, “The trial is unlikely to take long because there are not many trial records.”

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea / News 1

Attorney Bae Seung-hee (Law & People Law Firm), who defends Mr. Kim, a witness who was also indicted in CEO Lee Jae-myeong’s ‘perjury teacher case’, said on his YouTube channel on this day, “We have completed copying the trial records of CEO Lee’s ‘perjury teacher case’.” “The amount of records is not very large, so you can view them all in one day,” he said.

At the same time, Attorney Bae said, “Representative Lee should not say that he does not have time, but should appoint more lawyers or quickly review the records and give his opinion.”

Attorney Bae said in a phone call with this paper, “We have completed copying the trial records with the permission of the court. We have not reviewed all the records yet, but the amount is not large, so it will not take much time to view them all.” He continued, “There are not many records to review in court, so I don’t think the trial will take long.”

Lawyer Seunghee Bae’s YouTube channel. /YouTube Capture

The ‘Perjury Teacher Case’ is that Representative Lee Jae-myung requested false testimony from a witness, Mr. Kim, during his trial on charges of publishing false information during a televised debate on the 2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election. Previously, Representative Lee was fined 1.5 million won for impersonating a prosecutor by calling then Seongnam Mayor Kim Byeong-ryang while covering the ‘Suspicion of preferential treatment at Baekgung Park View in Bundang’ in 2002.

However, Representative Lee was indicted on charges of violating the election law after saying, “I did not impersonate a prosecutor and was falsely accused” at a Gyeonggi gubernatorial debate in 2018. He was indicted along with Mr. Kim on the 16th of last month on charges of inciting perjury to Mr. Kim, who appeared as a witness in the trial at the time. done. Representative Lee was charged with ‘instigation of perjury’, and Mr. Kim was charged with ‘perjury’.

The 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Kim Dong-hyun), which is hearing the trial of the ‘Perjury Teacher Case’, held a hearing on this case, Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town development corruption, and Seongnam FC illegal donations at the first trial preparation date held on the 13th. We decided to proceed separately. In the legal world, because the issues in the perjury teacher case are relatively simple compared to other cases and evidence such as call transcripts is clear, there is a prediction that the results of the first trial may be released before the general elections in April next year.

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