Lee Juyong, Daegu Dong-gu Council Member, Sentenced to Jail for Perjury

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] On the 14th, Judge Kim Tae-hwan of the Daegu District Court Criminal Division 11 sentenced Lee Ju-yong, a member of the Daegu Dong-gu Council, to six months in prison and ordered his immediate detention for perjury after testifying as a witness in a criminal trial and lying.

The council member was prosecuted for perjury after appearing as a witness in January last year at the trial of former Liberty Korea Party Supreme Council member Lee Jae-man’s violation of the Public Official Election Act, where he falsely testified, saying, "I never promised to pay or recruited mobile voting assistants."

Judge Kim stated, "The defendant obstructed judicial proceedings aimed at discovering the substantive truth, which is a serious offense, and only offered unconvincing excuses regarding the investigation and trial of election law violations, making a prison sentence unavoidable."

Separately from this case, the council member was recently fined 3 million won in a retrial for his involvement in manipulating public opinion polls during the Liberty Korea Party’s Daegu mayoral primary election in the 2018 local elections, related to former Supreme Council member Lee Jae-man’s violation of the Public Official Election Act.

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