Seoul, Jan 26 : An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a suspended jail term for independent lawmaker Lee Sang-jik charged with election law violations, a sentence heavy enough to cost him his National Assembly seat if confirmed by the South Korea Supreme Court.
The Gwangju High Court confirmed a lower courts 16-month prison term suspended for two years for Lee, formerly affiliated with the ruling Democratic Party, on several counts of Public Official Election Act violations, Yonhap news agency reported.
Lee was charged with shipping traditional liquor and books worth 26 million won ($21,711) as gifts to 377 voters in his constituency in Jeonju, 240 kms south of Seoul, on three occasions in 2019.He was also accused of sending text messages to party members in an attempt to influence the party primaries for the 2020 parliamentary elections in his favor.
He won his second parliamentary seat for Jeonju on the partys ticket in the election in April 2020 but left the party about five months later amid suspicions of embezzlement and other misdeeds involving Eastar Jet Co., which he founded."The accused, Lee Sang-jik, reneged on his responsibility as a representative of people to work harder than anyone for fair elections .he is highly accountable because he obstructed the accomplishment of fair elections through his case," the court said.By law, lawmakers lose their parliamentary seats if they are convicted of election law or political fund law violations and sentenced to a fine of 1 million won or more.
Lee could lose his seat if the sentence is finalised at the top court.Lee is currently serving a six-year prison term, sentenced by a local court earlier this month in a separate embezzlement case involving Eastar Jet.#Korea #lawmaker #jail #term #Jan #Seoul #Democratic Party #Democratic.
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