'Yoon Apartment Parking Lot Intrusion' Seoul Voice Reporters Appeal Fine Sentence

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Journalists from an internet news agency who were fined for trespassing in the apartment parking lot during the time President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol served as Prosecutor General have appealed the verdict.

According to the legal community on the 3rd, the lawyers of Lee Myung-su and Jung Byung-gon, reporters for Seoul Voice, submitted an appeal to the Criminal Division 5 of the Seoul Central District Court.

Lee and Jung are accused of illegally entering the underground parking lot of the apartment in Seocho-gu, Seoul, where President-elect Yoon resides, five times in August 2020. The two reportedly lied to the apartment security staff, hiding their true purpose by saying they came to meet a resident for real estate transactions. It is reported that they met President-elect Yoon in the parking lot at that time but received no response.

Lee is the person who recorded and released a phone conversation with Mrs. Kim Geon-hee, the spouse of President-elect Yoon, during the last presidential election.

The court recognized their charges as guilty on the 26th of last month and sentenced each to a fine of 3 million won.

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