'Misappropriation of Sponsorship Funds' Yoon Mi-hyang's First Trial Postponed to November

Yoon Mi-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the government questioning session on education, society, and culture held at the National Assembly plenary session on the 17th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] The first trial of Yoon Mee-hyang, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, originally scheduled for this month, has been postponed to next month. Yoon was indicted on charges of embezzling funds donated to the Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeonguiyeon).

According to the court on the 6th, the Criminal Division 11 of the Seoul Western District Court (Chief Judge Lee Daeyeon) changed the date of Yoon's first pretrial hearing, originally set for the 26th of this month, to 2:30 p.m. on the 30th of next month, following a request from Yoon's side to change the date.

The pretrial hearing is a procedure to confirm the defendant's position regarding the charges. It organizes the issues to be addressed in the upcoming trial. Since the defendant is not obligated to appear in court on this day, it is highly likely that Yoon and others will not attend.

The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office indicted Yoon without detention on the 14th of last month on eight charges including violation of the Act on the Management of Subsidies, fraud, violation of the Act on the Solicitation and Use of Donations, and embezzlement in the course of duty. A(45), a director of Jeonguiyeon and executive director of Jeongdaehyeop, was also indicted as a co-defendant on some of the charges.

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