A witness accused of giving false testimony at the trial of former vice president of the Democratic Research Institute Kim Yong (63), former head of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan City Commercial Promotion Agency, attends the interrogation (warrant review) of the suspect before arrest held at the Seoul Central District Court on the morning of the 1st. yunhap news
An arrest warrant was dismissed for Lee Mo, former head of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan City Mayor and Commercial District Promotion Agency, who is accused of perjury during the trial of Kim Yong, former vice president of the Institute for Democracy, on charges of receiving illegal presidential election funds. The court found that Mr. Lee admitted to the charges and that there was little concern about running away.
On the 1st, Seoul Central District Court Judge Yoo Chang-hoon, who was in charge of warrants, dismissed the arrest warrant requested by the prosecution after interrogating the suspect before arresting Lee (warrant review).
The judge said, “This case goes beyond simple perjury and even presents the relevant data manipulated by the person to the relevant judge to support it, so the matter is serious.” We are admitting the fabrication of related data.”
At the same time, he said, “As long as objective data are secured, it is difficult to see that there is a concern about the destruction of evidence in relation to the fact of blood in this case in the future.” The reason for the dismissal of the warrant was stated.
In addition, “It seems that there is some room for consideration in terms of the degree of responsibility of the suspect, such as the circumstances in which the contents of the suspect’s testimony did not affect the relevant criminal trial as the suspect admitted perjury, albeit belatedly, and the circumstances in which the suspect initially decided to commit perjury. “he explained.
Previously, the prosecution requested an arrest warrant against Lee on charges of perjury, forgery of evidence and use of forged evidence.
The prosecution said that Mr. Lee appeared as a witness at the trial of former vice-president Kim Yong held at the Seoul Central District Court on May 4 and said, “From 3:00 pm to 4:50 pm on May 3, 2021, former vice-president Kim was It is believed that he gave false testimony that he met ‘. It is said that it was perjury to create an alibi for former vice president Kim.
In addition, on May 3, 2021, in the mobile phone schedule, ‘Former Vice President Kim’ was arbitrarily entered, and on May 4, in court, a forged schedule photo on the mobile phone was presented (forgery of evidence, use of forged evidence). . Lee is known to have admitted to his perjury charges.
2023-09-01 14:43:15
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