Supreme Court Ruling on Song Dogeun, Sacheon Mayor, Approaching in One Day... Immediate Removal if Original Verdict Confirmed

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The political fate of Song Do-geun, mayor of Sacheon City, who was sentenced to six months in prison with a one-year probation for violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, is just one day away.

The Supreme Court Division 3 (Presiding Justice Ahn Cheol-sang) will deliver a verdict on Mayor Song, who was indicted for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (bribery), at 11:15 a.m. on the 11th in Courtroom No. 2.

Previously, the Supreme Court had scheduled the final appeal ruling for Mayor Song on September 30, but the verdict was postponed by about a month and a half due to a request for a delay in the sentencing date by Mayor Song’s legal counsel.

At the end of last year, the second trial court held Mayor Song strictly accountable for violating the duty of integrity as a public official, citing that around November 2016, he received four expensive clothing items from businessman A and the chairman of the art organization B, as well as gift certificates worth 3 million won.

Mayor Song was indicted in January 2018 on charges of receiving 50 million won in cash from a local construction contractor in exchange for facilitating the awarding of public construction contracts, but was acquitted in both the first and second trials due to insufficient evidence.

If the Supreme Court upholds the lower court’s decision, Mayor Song will lose his mayoral position, and Sacheon City will switch to a deputy mayor acting system until the 8th local elections scheduled for June next year. If the Supreme Court overturns and remands the case, Mayor Song’s chances of revival will increase significantly.

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