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court convicted an independent lawmaker Kim Hong-geol, the third son of President Kim Dae-jung, who was accused of omission of reporting property in the general election last year, but he remained as a member of the assembly.



There are many cases in which lawmakers prosecuted in this way are sentenced to a fine of 800,000 won, which does not amount to invalidity of election, reporter Jung Yoon-sik pointed out.



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court his wife had commercial premises and apartments chartered deposit You have pleaded guilty to alleged omission in the report.



At the same time, he was sentenced to a fine of 800,000 won, which is lower than the criterion for invalidating the election, saying that he was a first offender of an election crime and considered balance with similar cases.



[Rep. Kim Hong-geul: I am sorry for that part because it happened due to my non-examination.]



Rep. Cho Su-jin, who was charged with the omission of the same property report, was also sentenced to a fine of 800,000 won in the first trial, and both himself and the prosecution appealed No, my brother was confirmed as it was.



Along with Democratic Party lawmaker Lee So-young and People's Strength Congressman Lee Dal-gon were also sentenced to a fine of 800,000 won in the first trial.



Of the 21 lawmakers prosecuted for violating the election law, 12 out of 14 who were sentenced to the first trial were sentenced to retain the position of parliament, of which 800,000 won was the highest.



The sentence of a fine of around 800,000 won, which has become synonymous with the caring judgment, has been practiced among judges without any specific grounds.



In addition, even the prosecution often gives up the appeal if a fine of 800,000 won is paid at the first trial.



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in this equation if the parliamentary seats lost criteria Some point out what needs to be done for a fine of 1 million won. The Constitutional Court decided in 2011 that this regulation was constitutional, but some opinions that the criterion of 1 million won is ambiguous.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young)