'Naeran Seondong' Former Lawmaker Lee Seok-gi, Paroled Tomorrow Morning

Former Unified Progressive Party lawmaker Lee Seok-ki

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Former Unified Progressive Party lawmaker Lee Seok-ki, who is imprisoned for inciting rebellion, is set to be released on Christmas parole about 1 year and 5 months before his full sentence ends.

According to political circles on the 23rd, Lee, who is incarcerated at Daejeon Prison, is scheduled to be released on Christmas parole at 10 a.m. on the 24th. The Ministry of Justice reportedly reviewed this decision at the parole review board meeting held on the 20th.

Lee was arrested and indicted in September 2013 on charges including conspiring to carry out concrete actions as the head of the Revolutionary Organization (RO), which aimed to overthrow the Republic of Korea system by sympathizing with North Korea's theory of revolution against the South. He was convicted of inciting rebellion and sentenced to 9 years in prison with a 7-year disqualification confirmed in 2015.

Additionally, he was sentenced to 8 months in prison in 2019 for embezzling several hundred million won from the election promotion company he operated and for fraudulently inflating supply prices to illegally obtain election reimbursement costs during the 2010-2011 local council and Gyeonggi Province governor elections. As a result, his scheduled full release date was extended from September 2022 to May 2023.

Lee has been mentioned as a candidate whenever the government considered special pardons. However, it is known that politicians including Lee were excluded from the list of candidates for the New Year's special pardon to be implemented at the end of this year.

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