Will Lee Jae-myung's Public Official Election Act be broadcast live?The court is in a last-minute dispute.

Representative Lee Jae-myung was sentenced on Friday..."You have to broadcast the trial live"
Former President Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak's first trial sentence was also broadcast live
Both trials decided to broadcast live three days before sentencing
Opposition parties said, "Live broadcasting is a disgrace and a violation of human rights."

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Attention is focusing on whether Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will broadcast the first trial of the violation of the Public Official Election Act live on Friday.

In the case of former Presidents Park Geun Hye and Lee Myung Bak, the live broadcast was decided three days before the trial, and the court continues to struggle until the last minute.

Reporter Kim Da-hyun reports.

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Ahead of the first trial of Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung's violation of the Public Official Election Act this Friday, the ruling party is raising the pressure, saying the trial should be broadcast live.

[Jin Jong-oh / People's Power: What are Lee Jae-myung and the Democratic Party of Korea afraid of and what do they want to hide?]]

In accordance with the court's bylaws, the presiding judge may permit the application for filming the date of sentencing with the consent of the defendant.

However, even if the defendant does not agree, it can be permitted if it is judged to be for the public interest.

The first case in which the first trial was broadcast live after the bylaws were established was the case of former President Park Geun Hye's "state affairs manipulation."

Then, former President Lee Myung Bak's first trial sentence was broadcast live.

Both trials were decided to broadcast live three days before the sentencing, apparently considering the time for filming and installing relay equipment.

The representative has not made a clear statement on the live broadcast of the trial.

[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party leader: (What do you think of the live broadcast of the sentencing trial?)….]

Opposition parties strongly oppose the live broadcast of Representative Lee's trial, not even the president, saying that it is only a "disgrace cycle" and a "human rights violation," and the court, which continues to struggle until the last minute, is expected to decide whether to broadcast it live soon in consideration of the claim that it is a "human rights violation" and the public interest.

I'm YTN's Kim Dahyun.

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: Choi Sung-hoon
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