The court has decided not to broadcast live the first trial of Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.
The 34th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court said it will not allow the first trial of Lee's election law trial scheduled for the 15th to be broadcast live.
The court explained that it decided not to film or broadcast the sentencing, considering the legal interests involved comprehensively.
According to the court's bylaws, the presiding judge can permit the application for filming the date of the sentence if the defendant agrees, but even if the defendant does not agree, he can permit it if he believes that the public interest is great.
In the case of the lower court, not the Supreme Court's sentence, the first trial of former President Park Geun Hye's manipulation of state affairs and former President Lee Myung Bak's embezzlement and bribery case has been broadcast live so far.
Ahead of the representative Lee's sentence, the People's Power submitted a petition to the court to broadcast the sentence live, and a one-man demonstration continued.
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