Regarding the 2nd trial result of Yoon Mi-hyang... Ruling party: "Probation is regrettable" Opposition party: "Judicial justice has collapsed"

Kang Min-jung "Mass Overturning of Not Guilty Verdicts"
Lee Yong "Waste of Public Taxes Cannot Be Recovered"

Kang Min-jung, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the judiciary, saying "judicial justice has collapsed," after independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang, who was sentenced to a fine in the first trial for embezzling donations to the Justice Memory Solidarity (Jeonguiyeon), was sentenced to imprisonment in the second trial.

On the 20th, Kang said through her social media service (SNS), "Every time the sound of the first trial's acquittal being overturned in bulk is uttered, judicial justice steps further away from us, or rather, from the world."

Independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang is attending the political sector interpellation session held at the National Assembly on the 5th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the same day, the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1-3 sentenced Yoon, who was indicted for violating the Act on the Regulation of Solicitation and Receipt of Donations, to 1 year and 6 months in prison with a 3-year probation. This is a significantly heavier sentence compared to the 15 million won fine in the first trial.

Kang said, "The historical justice that Yoon Mi-hyang has built over 30 years firmly supports the tower of human rights, peace, and the struggle for truth, and this fact remains unchanged. The Yoon Seok-yeol judiciary that put Yoon Mi-hyang on the judgment stand will soon face the judgment of history," she added.

On the other hand, members of the ruling party expressed regret that "Yoon was only given probation." Rep. Lee Yong of the People Power Party said on SNS, "Even if she is punished as a criminal, the taxpayers' money spent on her serving a four-year term as a member of the National Assembly cannot be recovered," adding, "It is regrettable that Yoon, who exploited comfort women victims for her political and financial gain and showed contact behavior with North Korea, was not detained in court and only received probation." .

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