Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong, who was convicted of promulgating false information related to forced hospitalization for his brother, was sentenced to invalidate the election, and was rehabilitated by a knight in the Supreme Court.
The 2nd Criminal Division of the Suwon High Court (Presiding Judge) was sentenced in accordance with the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Supreme Court, which declared innocence at the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Court for destruction by the governor, who was charged with the public official election law on the 16th. I did.
The judge ruled, "If you look at the contents of the accused's remarks at the debate in this case, it is only an answer to the question of the other candidate who raises suspicion, and it cannot be seen as an act of publicizing actively and unilaterally.
He added, "Because no new evidence has been submitted after the Supreme Court decision, the decision is made according to the binding force (a binding force that cannot arbitrarily withdraw or change the Supreme Court decision)."
Governor Lee was charged with instructing the head of a public health center and a psychiatrist to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital when he was in office in Seongnam Mayor.
In addition, at a TV debate held ahead of the 2018 local elections, he is also charged with making false remarks to the effect of ``I have never tried to force my brother to be hospitalized'' (publication of false facts under the Public Official Election Act).
Unlike the first trial, which judged all these as innocent, the second trial was guilty of publicizing false facts under the Public Official Election Act, and sentenced the governor to a fine of 3 million won, which is equivalent to invalidating the election.
However, in July, the Supreme Court alliance reverted the case to the Suwon Go Law, saying, "The words spoken in the process of questioning and answering questions and answers by candidates, etc., do not constitute an act of publicizing false facts."
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