A outstanding opposition lawmaker was set to face his first trial continuing Monday over allegations he accepted unlawful political funds from a former official from the Unification Church in alternate for favors.
Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the primary opposition Folks Energy Occasion (PPP) has been arrested and indicted on fees of receiving 100 million ($69,870) in violation of the political fund regulation from a former Unification Church official in January 2022.
Kweon was allegedly requested to assist the church acquire varied favors from the federal government after the presidential election of then PPP candidate Yoon Suk Yeol, who later received the presidency in March that yr.
The primary trial session will happen on the Seoul Central District Court docket at 11:00 a.m. It was initially scheduled for Oct. 28, however the courtroom has postponed it, citing delays in proceedings for one more case.
The Democratic Occasion-controlled Nationwide Meeting handed a movement to strip Kweon of the parliamentary privilege that enables lawmakers going through legal fees to keep away from detention. Kweon was formally arrested Sept. 16.
The courtroom dismissed Kweon’s petition requesting a evaluate of his arrest.
Kweon, a five-term lawmaker who served because the PPP’s flooring chief till June, was as soon as often known as considered one of Yoon’s shut confidants.
