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Seoul court to rule on charges against former President Yoon Suk Yeol over free opinion polls
A Seoul district court is scheduled to deliver its verdict Monday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of accepting illegal donations in the form of free opinion polls. The hearing at 2 p.m. also covers co-defendant Myung Tae-kyun.
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A Seoul district court is scheduled to deliver its verdict Monday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of accepting illegal donations in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker. m. after a special counsel team indicted both on charges of violating the Political Funds Act, Yonhap reported.
Yoon is accused of colluding with his wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee, to receive 58 opinion polls worth about 270 million won (US$180,100) in total from Myung for free between April 2021 and March 2022. Special counsel Min Joong-ki's team believes Yoon accepted the polls in exchange for supporting former Rep.
Kim Young-sun's nomination as a candidate for the conservative People Power Party in the parliamentary by-elections in June 2022.
Min's team has demanded a four-year prison sentence for Yoon and a three-year term for Myung. Yoon has denied requesting Myung for opinion polls or making promises in return. In April an appeals court acquitted Yoon's wife on the same charges, upholding a lower court's not guilty verdict.
The Seoul High Court ruled the couple could not be seen as profiting off the opinion polls as Myung provided them to other people. Min's team has appealed that acquittal. Yoon is standing multiple trials following his ouster due to his failed 2024 martial law bid.
