South Korean court sentences ousted President Yoon to 2 years over manipulated opinion polls
The court said Yoon received 14 free polling rounds worth 270 million won and ordered a prison term and forfeiture.
- On Monday, July 13, 2026, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for violating the Political Funds Act by accepting free opinion polling services.
- Evidence presented in court established that Yoon accepted 14 free opinion polls worth 270 million won from broker Myung Tae-kyun in exchange for supporting former lawmaker Kim Young-sun's parliamentary nomination.
- The presiding judges ordered a forfeiture of 13.96 million won from Yoon, while simultaneously sentencing broker Myung to 18 months in prison for conducting the illegal polling scheme.
- Yoon's lawyers vowed to appeal, describing the verdict as "based solely on inference," despite an appellate court previously acquitting First Lady Kim Keon Hee on identical charges.
- Already serving a life sentence for a 2024 insurrection, the former president now faces compounded imprisonment as the Supreme Court finalized a seven-year obstruction sentence last week.
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South Korean court sentences former president to prison for violating political funding laws
ASouth Korean court on Monday sentenced impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving opinion polls that potentially helped him secure his party’s 2022 presidential bid. The polls were manipulated and Yoon received them for free and in return for political favors, according to the Associated Press. The Seoul Central...
Yoon Suk-yeol, who was dismissed in 2025, was found guilty of receiving free opinion polls in exchange for political support. The court believes that he acted in collusion with his wife.
On Monday, a South Korean court sentenced dismissed President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving opinion polls that could have helped him secure his party’s presidential candidacy in 2022. The polls were manipulated and Yoon received them for free in exchange for political favors, according to the Associated Press. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Yoon violated the country’s political funding law. The politic…
Former South Korean President Sentenced to 2 Years in Political Funding Case
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to two years in prison for accepting illegal political funds, in the latest conviction for the leader ousted after his failed 2024 bid for martial law. The Seoul Central District Court on July 13 found Yoon guilty of accepting funds in the form of free opinion polls, in violation of the Political Funds Act, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. In its ruling, the court determined…
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