Court decides against live broadcast of DP chief's sentencing
Published: 21 Nov. 2024, 13:28
![Lee Jae-myung, the liberal Democratic Party leader, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, after attending his first trial on election law violation case on Friday. The court handed Lee a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years. [CHOI GI-UNG]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/11/21/15fc302d-e222-45b3-b7f8-a43594adbec4.jpg)
Lee Jae-myung, the liberal Democratic Party leader, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, after attending his first trial on election law violation case on Friday. The court handed Lee a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years. [CHOI GI-UNG]
A local court on Thursday decided against broadcasting live Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung's upcoming sentencing hearing for allegedly suborning perjury.
The Seoul Central District Court said it decided against broadcasting the sentencing scheduled for next Monday after considering the "legal benefits."
Lee of the liberal DP is set to be sentenced on charges of suborning a secretary of a former Seongnam mayor to make false court testimony in his favor in a 2018 election law violation case involving him.
The ruling People Power Party had requested the sentencing be broadcast live, while the DP had opposed it as a violation of human rights.
The same court also decided against the live broadcast of Lee's previous sentencing hearing held last Friday in a separate election law violation case.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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