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Prosecutors judged that the prosecution had violated the election law with Prof. Mi-ri Im, who wrote a column in the newspaper about filming except for the Democratic Party before the general election.

Professor Lim said he would consider filing a constitutional complaint, saying that it is undermining freedom of expression.



This is Choi Jae-young.



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Im Mi-ri, a research professor at Korea University, wrote a column in the Kyunghyang Shinmun at the end of January, ahead of the National Assembly election.



Along with strong criticism of the current passport, he made a provocative proposal to vote except for the Democrats in the April general election.



Prof. Lim was a progressive scholar who supported President Moon Jae-in.



Although the hot Democratic Party accused Professor Lim of violating the Public Office Election Act, it faced criticism from the public opinion that it was a silent lawsuit.



[Lee Hae-sik/In addition, then spokesman for the Democratic Party (February 14): The accusation was a little too much, and the public party needs to take a prosecution against a professor?

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Eventually, the Democratic Party withdrew the accusation, but the investigation continued as it was not a crime of intimacy, and there were also accusations by the solidarity of participation in the settlement of red abolition, and the prosecution recently decided to suspend the prosecution.



A probation is a crime, but the charges are not serious, and the charges are not passed to trial.



The prosecution said that Professor Lim was against certain political parties or candidates and violated the provisions of the Public Officials Election Act saying that he should not solicit participation in the vote.



However, for the allegations of the pre-election campaign, they were not charged with enough evidence.



Professor Lim expressed a strong regret for the results of the investigation.



[Lim Mi-ri/Korea University Research Professor: The fact that such an act violates the law seriously undermines the political participation of the people...

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Prof. Lim also announced that he would review the constitutional petition to see if it violated the people's freedom of expression.



(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)