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Supreme Court yesterday (16th) sent the case back to Suwon High Court for the innocence of the Gyeonggi governor Lee Jae-myung, who was in danger of being elected for publication of false facts regarding allegations of forced hospitalization. The opinions of the 12 Supreme Court Justices who were involved in the hearing were divided by 7 to 5, but the governor remained in office, but some say that this ruling would obscure the standards for making false statements.

Reporter Bae Jun-woo reports.

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Supreme Court ruled with the 7 to 5 opinions of the Supreme Court Justices Lee Jae-myung for promulgating false facts under Governor Lee's office election law.

[Kim, Myung - Soo / Chief Justice: Destroys the guilty part, including yumujoe part of the centrifugal judgment and remand this part of the case in Suwon High Court]

When in TV debate during 2018 to punish brother forced hospitalization related remarks yijaemyeong office violated freedom of political expression It is the opinion of 7 people including Supreme Court President Myung-Soo Kim.

He also judged that the nature of broadcast discussions should limit the clarity of expression.

[Lee Jong-Gil / Supreme Court Trial Officer: Judgment that the punishment of one candidate during the debate during the debate process is due to be cautious.]

On the other hand, five people including Supreme Court Justice Sang-Ok Park said that Lee Jae-myung hid the adverse facts in the two debates. I commented that it was thick.

With this ruling, Governor Lee Jae-myung retained his position as governor, and the election cost of the local elections in 2018 also saved 3.8 billion won.

Although the Supreme Court criticized that it was possible to guarantee the freedom of political expression more broadly, it would be difficult to disagree whether the standards of publicity of the false facts became ambiguous as the opinions of the Supreme Court stood up.