Lee Jae-myung's perjury teacher was sentenced to the first trial today...Court at this time

Representative Lee Jae-myung's court building's tension
ahead of the first trial's sentence.Prosecutors indict CEO Lee for 'violating the Public Official Election Act'
Accomplice Kim Jin-sung said he felt pressured and lost his position as a lawmaker if he/she is confirmed to be above the imprisonment type
...deprivation of the right to run for election

[Anchor]
The first trial of the perjury teacher case of Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will be held from 2 p.m. today (25th).

Ten days ago, representative Lee was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence in the first trial for violating the Public Official Election Act.

We will connect reporters to see what issues will be in this trial. Reporter Kwon Junsu!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's in the Seoul Central District Court.

[Anchor]
What's the current atmosphere of the court?

[Reporter]
The court is tense ahead of the first trial's sentence of representative Lee Jae-myung.

Order lines have already been installed in various places, including in front of the legal entrance where representative Lee enters.

At the entrance of the court building, the ID card is checked for security for those who enter and exit.

Until 8 p.m., ordinary vehicles except essential business vehicles will not be allowed to enter the building.

As in the last election law trial, there are large-scale rallies around the court today.

About 5,000 progressive groups and 1,000 conservative groups will gather to support representative Lee.

The police separate the two sides and deploy a task force to maintain order.

[Anchor]
Let's briefly summarize CEO Lee's perjury teacher charges.

In short, don't you mean you lied to a witness going to trial?

[Reporter]
That's right. CEO Lee asked for false testimony in his trial.

Lee says he was framed when asked about being fined for impersonating a prosecutor in the past during a TV debate for a candidate for governor of Gyeonggi Province in 2018.

The prosecution considers this statement false and indicts representative Lee on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.

CEO Lee is accused of calling Kim Jin-sung, a former secretary for the late Seongnam Mayor Kim Byung-ryang, to teach perjury at the trial.

In the process, the prosecution said CEO Lee urged Kim to give perjury, such as sending a summary of his argument,

determined that the representative asked for false testimony in his favor.

[Anchor]
The prosecution has asked for three years in prison, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the prosecution demanded a three-year prison term, saying CEO Lee repeatedly injected Kim Jin-sung as if the false allegations were true.

CEO Lee refutes how he is a perjury teacher, saying that he has used the expressions "as I remember" and "as I am" several times.

It is also an important issue whether the testimony influenced the trial of the perjury teacher.

If it had an impact, the court is punishing it more heavily.

The prosecution believes that Kim's false testimony served as an important basis for Representative Lee to be cleared of related charges and to be finally acquitted.

On the other hand, the representative Lee refutes that Kim did not give any of the statements he wanted and that the testimony did not affect the results.

[Anchor]
Kim Jin-sung, who was handed over to trial on charges of accomplice, or "perjury," admitted the charges at a time when the two sides were fiercely competing, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, Kim Jin-sung admits to the charges, saying he felt pressured by the request of Lee, the governor of Gyeonggi Province at the time, and perjured.

At the final hearing, he pleaded for leniency, saying he admitted to the crime and gave up every day and reflected on it.

For this reason, the legal community speculates that it will not be easy for CEO Lee, who was pointed out as asking for perjury, to avoid punishment.

In September last year, the court also rejected CEO Lee's arrest warrant, but also said that the allegations of perjury teachers appear to be cleared.

However, it remains to be seen how the results will come out because the actual trial requires more rigorous proof.

[Anchor]
I have some time left until the afternoon.

How will the sentence go today?

[Reporter]
Yes, today's trial starts at 2 p.m.

Representative Lee Jae-myung usually attends the court about 10 minutes ago, so he is expected to arrive around that time today.

The trial may take about an hour, but there is a possibility that it will end early because the content can be replaced by a ruling.

The perjury charge is somewhat severely punished as it is a so-called crime of deceiving the court.

According to the Supreme Court's sentencing standards, perjury crimes range from 6 months to 1 year and 6 months in basic prison,
It is recommended to punish up to three years in prison if
is added.

If representative Lee is confirmed to be sentenced to more than imprisonment in this case, he will lose his position as a lawmaker.

Depending on the sentence, you may be disenfranchised for five or 10 years.

When looking at recent precedents, nearly 8 out of 10 perjury teachers were sentenced to prison or higher.

So far, I'm YTN Kwon Junsu at the Seoul Central District Court.