Kim Hye-kyung, the spouse of Chair Lee Jae-myung of the primary opposition Democratic Social gathering, attends a court docket listening to in Suwon on Oct. 24. (Yonhap)
Prosecutors on Thursday reaffirmed their demand for a high-quality of three million received ($2,174) in opposition to the spouse of opposition chief Lee Jae-myung on fees of offering free meals to a number of individuals forward of the 2021 occasion election to select a presidential candidate.
The Suwon District Prosecutors Workplace demanded the high-quality in opposition to Kim Hye-kyung through the closing listening to on fees of election legislation violations.
She was indicted for offering meals value 104,000 received to the wives of three former and present occasion lawmakers, and three of her aides at a restaurant in Seoul in August 2021, shortly after Lee declared his bid for the election to select the occasion’s candidate for the 2022 presidential race.
The meals had been allegedly paid for with a company card from the Gyeonggi regional authorities, the place Lee was mayor.
The request of a 3 million received high-quality is identical as what prosecutors had beforehand hunted for Kim through the earlier listening to on July 25.
Prosecutors asserted the alleged crime is grave “whatever the amount of cash concerned,” as a result of she sought to purchase assist from influential politicians in her husband’s favor.
Kim’s aspect has denied the fees, arguing that she believed the meals had been paid for individually by the diners and that she was unaware a company card was getting used.
The court docket had initially scheduled the sentencing within the case for Aug. 13, however rescheduled it for Nov. 14 after including 5 extra hearings. (Yonhap)
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