Kim Yong-min "Lee Jae-myung is not guilty, the 檢 appeal should be abandoned.尹, take responsibility and apologize."

◆ [YTN Radio SHINYUL's news]
■ Broadcasting: FM 94.5 (17:00-19:00)
■ Air date: November 25, 2024 (Monday)
■ Proceedings: Shin Yul, Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Myongji University
■ Talk: Rep. Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party of Korea

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- Lee Jae-myung's perjury teacher is not guilty in the first trial, 'a natural conclusion'
- President 尹 should apologize as the final manager
- Political prosecutors should give up unreasonable investigation apology and appeal
- Court clarifies that perjury teacher intention is difficult to find
- Election law, structure that can infringe on people's right to choose
- 尹 administration's excessive investigation to prevent Lee Jae-myung from running for office

◆ Sin Yul: As I mentioned earlier, in the first and second parts, it will be decorated as a political gim and gimjang. Before we start the political Kim & Chang in earnest, let's first connect Kim Yong-min of the Democratic Party of Korea and hear his position on today's ruling. How are you, Senator?

◇ Kim Yong-min: Yes, how are you? I'm Kim Yong-min.

◆ Sin Yul: Did you also cry?

◇ Kim Yong-min: Yes, I'm not emotional, but I was moved anyway.

◆ Shin Yul: I asked you because I heard there were a lot of people who cried, but since lawmaker Kim Yong-min is also a lawyer, what do you think of the court's ruling today?

◇ Kim Yong-min: In a way, it was a bit unfortunate that we had to welcome the obvious conclusion, but I think it's a relief that we got a very good result anyway. On the other hand, I think the court's ruling is quite courageous given the fact that we are now defining this administration as a prosecution dictatorship and revising the enforcement ordinance to a level where the power of the prosecution is really powerful and common-sense inspections of judges are possible. So I think the government should take two steps right now. The first is that the President of Yoon Suk Yeol should apologise immediately as the final person in charge of all this. And I think the political prosecution should immediately apologize and declare that it will give up its appeal.

◆ Sin Yul: Yes, I see. I see. Rep. Kim Yong-min was a lawyer, so I'd like to ask you something if you could explain it in a simple way for our listeners, and the person who gave perjury today was fined 5 million won, right? But he's not a teacher. That's right. There was perjury, but he's not a teacher. So, since you're a lawyer, including me, it's easier for ordinary listeners to understand, what happens if you explain it? This is perjury but not a teacher.

◇ Kim Yong-min: Regarding whether Kim Jin-sung perjured or not, there were about six perjuries, and four of them said they perjured, and two of them said they did not perjure. In any case, the court found those who perjured themselves guilty, but it is legally possible for teachers to admit that they are not guilty. To teach perjury is to teach perjury to the extent that the person did not have any intention of perjury, but to induce a certain range of perjury. There was no evidence of doing that. Why did you perjure yourself? That part may be a triangle that I don't know now, but there must have been some interests in various cases. In any case, the court confirmed today that there is no evidence that Lee Jae-myung has taught perjury. So the court's ruling, the court's ruling, on the phone record, was just like asking for perjury to testify, and I clearly drew the line, "You can't see this as a perjury teacher asking for perjury." In addition, it is hard to find the intention of perjury teacher to CEO Lee Jae-myung. I made a clear judgment like this.

◆ Shin Yul: So, to summarize what Representative Kim said now, it was recognized that he perjured three out of five perjury. But I don't know why this person gave perjury. However, anyway, there is no evidence related to the teacher. So now, I can summarize it like, "I'm innocent." Four out of six. I'm sorry. Four out of six.

◇ Kim Yong-min: And this isn't a crime where perjury and perjury teachers always stick together. For example, a theft teacher is not always attached to a person who committed theft. You can understand that.

◆ Shin Yul: And. Another thing is that a lawyer who appeared on a TV show said this, so I'm asking, and CEO Lee Jae-myung will send a summary of his argument in the past. I've said this before. But calling the witness like this and sending him a summary of his argument means that he can do it now. I mean, from now on?

◇ Kim Yong-min: In today's court, that level is usually the level of exercising one's defense rights.

◆ Shin Yul: Sending the summary of argument

◇ Kim Yong-min: That's possible, I can handle it, but I don't think today's case can be considered a perjury teacher with that much. The reason is because... Representative Lee Jae-myung asked the witness something, but there was something the witness didn't know. That was an important part, but if you don't know, you have to ask them to explain that part like this to become a perjury teacher, but they say they don't know well, so they don't ask about it anymore. So, the court judged that there was no intention of perjury and that it was not a perjury teacher. So, the perjury teacher was not intentional and was not a perjury teacher.

◆ Sin Yul: One more thing, two more questions. What do you see as the difference between today's trial after violating the Public Official Election Act?

◇ Kim Yong-min: The court came to a different conclusion in a way in each important case. I think it's time to think about the entire election law structure that can infringe on the people's right to choose, rather than pointing out the problems of a specific court now. That's why the Yoon Suk Yeol regime prosecutes a specific person and prevents him from running if more than a certain sentence is confirmed there. That's why representative Lee Jae-myung is forced to investigate and continue to investigate and prosecute until now. That's not it, but if it was possible to run, I wouldn't have investigated or prosecuted this much. I did this so that I wouldn't let him run. That's why we need to change this structure is a democratic crisis within our party and in civil society, and we are seeing this problem greatly.

◆ Shin Yul: One last thing, how about a plan for the Democratic Party forward?

◇ Kim Yong-min: Of course, we will unite as a single group with Lee Jae-myung at the center. In fact, regardless of the results of today's trial, we have no effect on the Yoon Suk Yeol regime's judgment theory. I was thinking that this trend would go as it is.

◆ Isn't it getting stronger?

◇ [Kim Yong-min] That's right. That's why the party and the floor each focus on different parts. The party plans to focus on restoring people's livelihoods and judge the Yoon Suk Yeol regime at the same time. The floor intends to focus on the Special Prosecutor Kim Gun-hee Act, the Marine Corps investigation, and such things as the plan to pass the budget within the legal deadline.

◆ Shin Yul: Okay. I'm so glad that we can have you here again today. Thank you. Thank you so much for responding to our producer's invitation.

◇ Kim Yong-min: Yes, thank you.

◆ Shin Yul: I was Kim Yong Min of the Democratic Party of Korea.