Appeals court to rule on DP leader Lee Jae-myung’s election violation charges

Also later at 2 PM this afternoon, Seoul High Court will give its ruling on the appeal of the main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung regarding his election violation charges.

Lee was indicted on charges of making false statements in December 2021, during a media interview where he denied knowing a man involved in a land development scandal in Seongnam.

He is also accused of making false claims that South Korea's land ministry pressured him to rezone a research institute site in the Baekhyeon-dong area.

The ruling comes about four months after Lee received a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, in his first trial.

If the appeals court upholds the sentence and the Supreme Court finalizes it, Lee will lose his legislative seat and be barred from running in elections for ten years.