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Appeals Court Set to Rule on Ex-President Yoon's Trial over Free Opinion Polls

Special counsel sought a four-year term as the court weighed whether 58 free polls worth 270 million won were illegal donations.

Summary by The Korea Times
An appellate court was set to rule Wednesday on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's charges of receiving free opinion polls ahead of the 2022 presiden...

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The court overturned the first-instance ruling and acquitted former President Yoon Suk-yeol in the second trial on charges of receiving public opinion poll results free of charge from Mr. Myeong Tae-gyun. The 7th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Gu Hoe-geun) held the sentencing hearing for the second trial regarding the charges of violating the Political Funds Act against former President Yoon and Mr. Myeong at 2 p.m. o…

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Former President Yoon was acquitted in the appellate court of charges regarding receiving free public opinion polls from political broker Myeong Tae-gyun. The court ruled that the polls could not be considered financial gain and that there was insufficient evidence of conspiracy. In response, the Special Counsel team announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court, dissatisfied with the ruling.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Bit-na = Regarding former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was sentenced to two years in prison in the first trial on charges of receiving public opinion polls free of charge from political broker Myeong Tae-gyun...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was indicted on charges of receiving public opinion polls free of charge from political broker Myeong Tae-gyun, was acquitted in the second trial. This overturns the partial guilty verdict from the first trial. On the 7th, the 7th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Gu Hoe-geun) acquitted both former President Yoon and Mr. Myeong, who were brought to trial on charges of violating the Po…

Former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was sentenced to two years in prison in the first trial on charges of receiving public opinion polls free of charge from "political broker" Myeong Tae-gyun, had his verdict overturned to not guilty in the appellate trial. On the 7th, the 7th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Gu Hoe-geun) acquitted both former President Yoon and Mr. Myeong, who were brought to trial on charges of violat…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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