The opposition party plans to handle the ‘permanent special investigation into the civil war’… Failure to appear for afternoon trial
Yoo Dong-gyu refuses to “not testify without Lee Jae-myung”… Ends in 10 minutes
On the 10th, lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, attended the trial on suspicion of preferential treatment for the development of Daejeon-dong only in the morning and left early to attend the plenary session of the National Assembly handling the permanent special prosecution bill for the civil war.
accordingly, Yoo Dong-gyu, former planning director of seongnam Urban Development Corporation, who appeared as a witness, refused to testify, and the afternoon trial ended in about 10 minutes.
Representative Lee’s lawyer said at the trial on charges of violation of the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (bribery) and other charges held this morning at the Criminal Agreement Division 33 of the seoul Central District Court (presiding Judge Kim dong-hyun), “Representative Lee will not be able to attend due to the plenary session of the National Assembly.” “It’s the same,” he said, adding, “I hope that witnesses will be examined outside of the due date.”
The opposition party, including the Democratic Party, plans to pass a bill for a permanent special prosecutor to uncover the truth about President Yoon Seok-yeol and others on charges of rebellion at the plenary session of the National Assembly at 2 p.m.on this day.
Former Director Yoo,who refused to testify at the trial on the 6th,calling CEO Lee’s non-appearance a ‘privilege’,expressed his dissatisfaction even before the full-scale trial began on this day.
Former Director Yoo criticized, “Everyone should be treated equally, and Representative Lee should be treated equally with all defendants in this court,” adding, “it is unfortunate that that is being broken and it is becoming a political trial.”
Even in the trial that resumed at 1:45 p.m., former Director Yoo refused to testify, saying, “I don’t want to testify without CEO Lee.”
In response, the defense team countered, “It is highly inappropriate to call it a ‘political trial’ given the circumstances in
wich representative Lee did not appear.”
The prosecution said, “Representative Lee is repeatedly failing to appear suddenly, and even in such a situation, the prosecution hopes to proceed with the trial date while listening to the testimony of witnesses,” and added, “We will respect the wishes of witnesses and follow the court’s decision, but the trial will not be held this way.” “It’s quite unfortunate that it’s going idle,” he pointed out.
The court concluded the trial on this day, saying that in situations where the defendant does not appear, it will proceed after confirming the witness’s intention to testify.
Meanwhile, Representative Lee appeared in court that day and did not give any answers to questions such as, “If the current political situation is prolonged, it will be challenging to attend (trial). What do you think?”
He also remained silent on questions such as “We are pursuing the introduction of a special prosecutor for treason, what is the plan?” and “The ruling party is said to be considering an orderly resignation, but do you think it is possible?”
(Seoul = News 1)
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