Seoul High Court Submits Lee Jae-myung's 'Election Law Violation' Case Records to Supreme Court

The Seoul High Court submitted the case records of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was acquitted in the second trial of the Public Official Election Act violation case, to the Supreme Court. This occurred two days after the second trial verdict and one day after the prosecution filed an appeal.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is leaving the courtroom after being acquitted in the appeal trial for violation of the Public Official Election Act held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 26th. 2025.3.26 Photo by Joint Press Corps Yonhap News

On the 28th, the Seoul High Court announced that it had sent Lee's case records to the Supreme Court in accordance with the Supreme Court's "Regulations on the Prompt Handling of Election Crime Cases." According to these regulations, when an appeal or further appeal is filed in an election crime case, the case records and evidence must be sent to the Supreme Court as quickly as possible to ensure that the higher court can deliver a verdict within the statutory period. In particular, for cases related to the validity or invalidity of election results, the records must be sent within three days from the date of receipt of the appeal or further appeal.

On the 27th, the prosecution submitted a notice of appeal to the Criminal Division 6-2 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Choi Eun-jung, Lee Ye-seul, and Jung Jae-oh), which handled the appeal trial of Lee's election law violation charges. Previously, on the 26th, the Criminal Division 6-2 of the Seoul High Court had acquitted Lee of the election law violation charges.

The Supreme Court will send a notice of receipt of the case records to the parties involved, and the prosecution must submit a statement of reasons for the appeal to the Supreme Court within 20 days of receiving this notice. According to the mandatory provisions for election law violation cases, the deadline for the Supreme Court to deliver a verdict on Lee's election law violation appeal is June 26.

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