Prosecutor Son Junsung's Appeal Trial for 'Gobal Saju' Postponed to December 6
"Additional Psychological" Argument Resumed, Another Date Change Afterward
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The court has once again postponed the appellate sentencing date for Son Junsung, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Daegu High Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor), who was sentenced to one year in prison in the first trial over the so-called 'report solicitation scandal.'
The Criminal Division 6-1 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Jeong Jae-o, Choi Eun-jeong, Lee Ye-seul) announced on the 31st that the appellate sentencing for Prosecutor Son Junsung, who is suspected of the 'report solicitation' allegations, has been postponed to December 6. The sentencing, originally scheduled for November 1, was delayed by about a month due to the need for "additional legal review."
This is not the first time the sentencing has been postponed. The court had already resumed arguments a day before the sentencing originally scheduled for September 6.
Prosecutor Son was indicted on charges of transmitting images of complaint letters and real-name verdicts concerning pro-government figures to Kim Woong, then a candidate for the Future United Party, via Telegram while serving as the Investigation Information Policy Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office ahead of the April 2020 21st general election.
The first trial court recognized the investigation results of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) that these materials were passed in the order of 'Son Junsung → Kim Woong → Cho Seong-eun' and sentenced him to one year in prison. However, he was acquitted of violating the Public Official Election Act and was not detained in court.
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Meanwhile, the CIO requested a total of five years in prison at the appellate trial's closing arguments last August, including three years for violating the Public Official Election Act and two years for other charges.
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