Ex-DP leader files appeal against 2-year sentence over illegal political funds

Ex Dp Leader Files Appeal Against 2 Year Sentence Over Illegal Political Funds

Song Young-gil, center, a former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, attends a court hearing in Seoul, Dec. 18, 2023. Korea Times file photo by Kim Ye-won

Tune Younger-gil, heart, a former chief of the principle opposition Democratic Celebration of Korea, attends a court docket listening to in Seoul, Dec. 18, 2023. Korea Instances file picture by Kim Ye-won

Tune Younger-gil, a former chief of the principle opposition Democratic Celebration (DP), filed an attraction Monday after getting a 2-year jail sentence for receiving unlawful political funds from businesspeople.

Final week, the Seoul Central District Court docket handed down the jail time period to Tune, who was indicted a 12 months in the past for taking 763 million gained ($524,000) in unlawful political funds from seven individuals beneath the pretext of donations for his assist group, the Analysis Institute for Peace & Livelihood, from 2020 to 2021.

Tune was additionally indicted in January final 12 months for his alleged involvement in his marketing campaign’s distribution of money totaling 66 million gained to twenty sitting DP lawmakers and different celebration members within the run-up to the celebration’s management election in Might 2021, which he finally gained.

The court docket acquitted Tune of the costs associated to the cash-for-votes scandal after refusing to acknowledge the evidential worth of a former DP official’s mobile phone recording information, which was the start line of the prosecution’s investigation into the case.

The court docket then ordered the fast detention of Tune, who was beforehand put beneath arrest in January final 12 months however was launched on bail 4 months later in Might.

Tune is now serving because the chief of the Pine Tree Celebration, a minor political celebration. (Yonhap)

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