'Illegal Assembly Leader' Yang Kyung-soo, Chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Appeals Suspended Sentence

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), who was sentenced to a suspended prison term in both the first and second trials for leading illegal assemblies and protests, has appealed the verdict.

According to the legal community on the 4th, Yang's attorney submitted a notice of appeal to the appellate court, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Appeal Division 4-2 (Presiding Judge Jeon Yeon-sook, Cha Eun-kyung, Yang Ji-jung), on the same day. Accordingly, Yang's case will receive a final judgment from the Supreme Court. The prosecution has not yet submitted a notice of appeal.

Yang was arrested and indicted for leading several illegal protests in downtown Seoul from May to July last year and violating quarantine guidelines during the process (violations of the Assembly and Demonstration Act and the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act). The first trial recognized all charges against Yang as guilty but sentenced him to one year in prison with a two-year suspension and a fine of 3 million won, considering mitigating circumstances. The second trial also recognized all charges as guilty but maintained the first trial's sentence, taking into account his activities aimed at improving labor conditions.

Separately from this case, Yang is also charged with illegally holding the '131st World Labor Day Rally' in May last year and is awaiting the first trial verdict scheduled for the 11th.

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