In connection with allegations about Geonjin and Jeon Seong-bae acting as shadow advisers during the 20th presidential election and other matters, a special prosecutor sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was indicted on charges of announcing false information.
Kim Keon-hee special counsel (Special Prosecutor Min Joong-ki) on Jan. 8 asked the court to sentence the former president to two years in prison at the final hearing on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act, held before the Criminal Agreement Division 21 of the Seoul Central District Court (Chief Judge Cho Soon-pyo).
The special prosecutor said, "Announcing false information that affects the proper judgment of citizens exercising the right to vote is a serious crime," and added, "There must be strict legal punishment."
The former president is accused of saying that although he was introduced to Jeon at the Buddhist Leaders Forum launch in Jan. 2022, he had never met him together with his wife.
He is also accused of saying at a Kwanhun Club invitational debate in Dec. 2021 that he had not introduced a lawyer to Yoon Dae-jin's older brother, former Yongsan Tax Office chief Yoon Woo-jin.
The special prosecutor indicted the former president, judging all of these remarks to be false.
The court plans to hand down the verdict on the 27th of next month.