Yoon Suk Yeol found guilty of violating election law; PPP faces $27 mil. repayment
People watch a live television broadcast of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial verdict on charges of making false statements at Seoul Station, Monday. Yonhap Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in prison, suspended for three years, for making false statements during the 2022 presidential campaign. One allegation centered on a former district tax office chief who was investigated on bribery allegations.
- ▪People watch a live television broadcast of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial verdict on charges of making false statements at Seoul Station, Monday.
- ▪Yonhap Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in prison, suspended for three years, for making false statements during the 2022 presidential campaign.
- ▪One allegation centered on a former district tax office chief who was investigated on bribery allegations.
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People watch a live television broadcast of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial verdict on charges of making false statements at Seoul Station, Monday. Yonhap Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced Monday to a year and a half in prison, suspended for three years, for making false statements during the 2022 presidential campaign. The ruling, if it is upheld, will require the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) to return 39.7 billion won ($27.05 million) in campaign reimbursements.The Seoul Central District Court handed Yoon the suspended jail term in the first ruling since he was indicted in December 2025 on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act over allegedly false remarks made in the run-up to the March 2022 presidential election.Yoon, the PPP's candidate in…
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