[Breaking] Court Maintains Detention of Jeong Jin-sang, 'Lee Jae-myung's Closest Aide'
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Jeong Jinsang, the chief political coordinator of the party representative office and a close aide to Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, filed a request for a detention review two days after being detained on the 19th, but the court dismissed it.
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On the afternoon of the 24th, the 4-1 Criminal Appeals Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judges Yang Jijung, Jeon Yeonsuk, Cha Eunkyung) dismissed Jeong's request for a detention review. A detention review is a procedure in which a detained suspect asks the court to re-examine the legality of the detention.
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