Prosecutors sentenced Song Young-gil to 9 years in prison for "alleged money envelopes"...Sentencing in January next year

Song Young-gil attends the first trial...an appeal for 'not guilty'
Prosecutors sentenced to nine years in prison and a fine of 100 million won..."Significant Offences"
Prosecutors "Song Young-gil tolerates illegal political funds"
Song Young-gil "emphasizes that no costly organizational activities are allowed."

[Anchor]
The prosecution has demanded a nine-year prison term for former representative Song Young-gil, a key figure in the 'suspicious spread of money envelopes at the Democratic Party's national convention.Former representative Song

claimed that the prosecution is investigating political retaliation, and the sentence is scheduled to take place in January next year.

This is reporter Kim Dahyun.

[Reporter]
Song Young-gil, former chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is considered the pinnacle of the suspicion of spreading money envelopes at the Democratic Party of Korea's national convention, volunteered for a press conference while attending the final

He complained that he felt moral responsibility, but that he was not involved.

[Song Young-gil/Former Minjoo Party leader: I will tell you that I have consistently pleaded not guilty because it's something I didn't know and it's not legally related to me]

However, the prosecution demanded a heavy sentence of nine years in prison and a fine of 100 million won for former CEO Song.

Prosecutors say Song committed a serious crime that violated party democracy, and that the vote-ticket act against lawmakers affected the actual election results.

In particular, former Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Kwan-seok and others were recently convicted,

Song stressed that he should bear the greatest criminal liability as the largest beneficiary of the case and the ultimate decision maker.Regarding the allegation of receiving illegal political funds through the

{ 연구} Research Institute on Peace and Living, Song pointed out that it was the peak of the crime, calling it "approval" and "acceptance."

On the other hand, former representative Song argued that due process was not followed from the beginning of the investigation, saying that the prosecution used the evidence acquired in the money envelope case as evidence related to the eating party.Song

said in his final statement that he had never intervened in the transcript, saying that he stressed that he should not engage in election-spending and organizing activities that cost money.

Rather, he argued that the recent revelation of pollack bacteria proves inversely how clean the convention was.

Other former and current Democratic lawmakers who were previously indicted on money envelopes were convicted one after another.

While Song's first trial, considered the pinnacle of the crime, is scheduled for early January next year, the prosecution virtually sent a "last notice" to six incumbent lawmakers suspected of being involved to come out and be investigated.

I'm YTN's Kim Dahyun.

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: Choi Sung-hoon
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