Changwon Mayor Hong Nampyo: "I will hold the lawyer who made false statements in court legally accountable"

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, announced a strong stance to hold legally accountable the defense attorney of defendant A for making false statements during the trial related to the Public Official Election Act held on the 16th.

According to Mayor Hong's side, B, the defense attorney of defendant A, claimed during the trial at Changwon District Court on the 16th regarding the violation of the Public Official Election Act that Myung Taekyun, the actual principal of the polling company Mirae Hanguk Research Institute, manipulated and distorted public opinion polls during the 2022 local elections by having C and D directly contact or meet each other, and that candidate Hong was aware of and complicit in this. Furthermore, B asserted that in this process, they actively tried to recruit defendant A to adjust the poll results.

In response, Mayor Hong's camp stated that during the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections held in 2022, they neither commissioned any public opinion polls nor distributed any results to the media. In light of this, the claim by attorney B that they tried to recruit defendant A to adjust poll results is a complete distortion of facts.

A representative from Mayor Hong's side said, “In the sacred courtroom, taking advantage of the recent turbulent public opinion, attorney B of defendant A made false claims unrelated to the trial's issues, distorting the substantive truth to influence the court’s judgment. After legal review, we will hold them fully legally accountable for these false claims.”

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