Lee Jae-myung Submits Attorney Appointment Notice to 2nd Trial Court for 'Perjury Coaching' Case

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The camp of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, has submitted a notice of attorney appointment to the appellate court handling the perjury coaching charge, for which he was acquitted in the first trial.

According to the legal community on the 30th, Lee Seung-yeop and Jeong Joo-hee, attorneys representing Lee, submitted the notice of attorney appointment to the Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Lee Chang-hyung, Nam Ki-jung, Yoo Je-min), which is the appellate court for the perjury coaching case. Attorneys Lee and Jeong also represented Lee in the first trial of the perjury coaching case.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is announcing his position on the political situation, including the impeachment motion against Acting President Han Duck-soo, at the National Assembly on the 27th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

Earlier, on the 16th, the appellate case was filed with the Seoul High Court. Two days later, on the 18th, the court sent Lee a notice of receipt of litigation records and a notification regarding the appointment of a public defender.

Lee has not yet received the notice of receipt of litigation records. However, since an attorney has been appointed on this day, it is expected that he will soon receive it and proceed with legal measures.

Lee’s camp has not yet submitted a notice of attorney appointment for the Public Official Election Act violation case, in which he was sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year probation, a sentence that entails loss of his parliamentary seat, in the first trial.

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