Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is leaving the court after attending the first trial in the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town case on suspicion of preferential treatment held at the Central District Court in Seocho-dong, Seoul on the 6th. /yunhap news
The first trial of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung’s Daejang-dong and Wirye cases ended in 1 hour and 20 minutes on the 6th. It was the first formal trial held in 7 months after the indictment last March, with only trial preparations held. Representative Lee requested an early termination, saying, “(due to fasting) I have lost a lot of my muscles, so it is difficult to sit down,” and the court accepted. .
Afterwards, Representative Lee stopped by the hospital and then went to the National Assembly to participate in the fast-track vote for the special investigation into the ‘late Chae Sang-byeong case’. It is said that he could only stay in the National Assembly for 27 minutes, but if he really had health problems, he would not have been able to do so. Representative Lee appeared in court and argued with the prosecution for as many as nine hours during the substantive review of the arrest warrant on the 26th of last month, right after breaking his 24-day fast. The trial was held 10 days later, and it is inconsistent to say, “It is difficult to even sit down.” It can only be seen as an intention to delay the trial.
On this day, the court announced that it would hold this representative case once or twice a week, taking into account the National Assembly schedule, etc. If Representative Lee applies for a postponement for reasons such as the agenda, the trial will be postponed at any time. Since this is a case with hundreds of volumes of investigation records, even an intensive trial would not be enough, and there is no date for when the trial will end in this manner. Because he is the leader of the opposition party, it is inevitable that people will say that the court is being dragged around too much.
In another case, Representative Lee’s trial on charges of violating election law, there was not even a first-trial ruling even after more than a year of indictment. It has been revealed that CEO Lee went on a 10-day, 9-night trip overseas and played golf with the late Kim Mun-ki, an executive at an organization under Seongnam City, but it is unclear whether the court decision will take this long. In election law cases where a speedy conclusion is important, the law stipulates that the first trial be completed within six months. However, the court is holding a trial once every two weeks and the case has been dragging on for over a year. I cannot shake the suspicion that this is because they are trying to please the opposition party.
2023-10-08 18:12:00
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