Appointment of Lee Chan-jin, Lawyer from Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 18
Member of Defense Team for ‘Ssangbangwool North Korea Remittance Allegations’
First Trial of Appeal for Election Law Scheduled for 23rd,
Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party stepping out of a car to attend a hearing for the ‘Daejang-dong Embezzlement and Seongnam FC Bribery’ case at the Seoul Central District Court on December 20 last year. Yonhap News,
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, ‘A private lawyer has been appointed to handle the appeal of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party leader, who received a suspended prison sentence in the first trial for violating the Public Official Election Act.’,
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, ‘According to legal circles on the 6th, Lee Chan-jin (61, Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 18) of Jeil Combined Law Office submitted a letter of attorney appointment and reasons for appeal to the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 6-2 (Presided over by Judges Choi Eun-jung, Lee Ye-seul, and Jung Jae-oh) to represent Lee’s election law second trial on this day.’,
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, “Lee Chan-jin is a peer of Lee Jae-myung from the Judicial Research and Training Institute and is also part of the defense team for Lee’s ‘Ssangbangwool North Korea Remittance Allegations’ case currently underway at the Suwon District Court. He also has a history of activity with Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun).”,
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, ‘Since Lee had not submitted a letter of attorney appointment, the court had appointed a public defender on its own last December 23 and notified him. However, with Lee appointing a private lawyer on this day, the public defender appointment will likely be automatically canceled.’,
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, ‘Lee was put on trial for allegedly spreading false information in a December 22, 2021 broadcast interview related to suspicions of preferential treatment in changing the land use of the Korea Food Research Institute site in Baekhyeon-dong, Seongnam, alongside late Kim Moon-gi, former Director of Development Division 1 at the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation. In the first trial, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 34 (Presided over by Judge Han Sung-jin) sentenced Lee to one year in prison, suspended for two years, recognizing his statements about not playing golf with Kim and his Baekhyeon-dong remarks as false.’,
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, ‘The first trial of the second instance for Lee’s Public Official Election Act violation case will take place at 3 PM on the 23rd.’,
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