Lee Jae-myung's "Decision on Perjury Teacher" is in progress..."Prosecutor's office coup".

[Anchor]
The first trial of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is underway on charges of perjury.

Representative Lee, who attended the trial, pleaded not guilty, saying the prosecution had staged a coup.

At this time, we will connect with the reporter of the trial situation. Reporter Kim Chulhee!

[Reporter]
Yes. This is the Seoul Central District Court.

[Anchor]
The perjury teacher's trial decision has begun.

[Reporter]
Yes, the Seoul Central District Court is conducting the final hearing of Lee, who has been charged with perjury since 2:15 p.m.

Representative Lee shook hands with Supreme Council members Jeon Hyun-hee, Lee Eon-joo, and Kim Byung-joo, who were waiting in front of the court, and expressed their position for a long time.

The prosecution again emphasized that the evidence and case were fabricated, and that he was innocent.

Let's listen to it for ourselves.

[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party leader: It is a criminal act for the prosecution of the Republic of Korea to distort the law in this way. It's Chinwi Kudetaji. This kind of violent act of annihilating the opposition must never be forgiven.

After the start of the trial, both sides first proceeded with the defendant's interrogation of representative Lee.

The newspaper just ended, and now the prosecution's opinion statement has begun.

After about an hour of expressing opinions and completing the sentence, the lawyer also made a final argument with the opinion on the documentary investigation,

After that, the Defendants, including Representative Lee, will make a final statement for 30 minutes.

After all the proceedings are completed, the court announces the date of the sentence, and since it usually takes about a month from the sentence to the sentence, there is a possibility that a sentencing trial may be scheduled as early as next month.

As the public office election law trial is already scheduled for Nov. 15, the upcoming fall is expected to be a critical juncture for Lee's judicial risk.

[Anchor]
There are 4 trials related to Lee, so please explain the perjury teacher case in detail.

[Reporter]
CEO Lee was handed over to trial in October last year on charges of perjury.

At the 2018 Gyeonggi Province gubernatorial candidate debate, the "prosecutor impersonation case" in which fines were confirmed in the past was described as a "false accusation."

The prosecution believes that CEO Lee, who was tried on charges of publicizing false information because of this statement, asked Kim Jin-sung, who was a witness, to testify in favor of him.

Last year, the court conducted a review of the representative Lee's warrant and stated that the charges of perjury teachers were "appointed."

In addition, Kim Jin-sung, who was also handed over to trial, has also admitted all the charges all the time.

However, representative Lee denies the allegations, saying he only asked Kim to "revive his memory" and did not ask for false testimony.

In addition, the prosecution is criticizing the prosecution for distorting the prosecution by presenting only a small portion of the transcript of the call.

In the last decision of the Public Official Election Act, both the prosecution and representative Lee engaged in a court battle using various metaphors.

As this case also denies the allegations altogether, fierce battles are expected to continue in today's trial.

So far, in the Seoul Central District Court, I'm Kim Chul-hee of YTN.