Seoul, Jan 27 (.) Trial will begin on Tuesday afternoon over the charges of political funds act violation against the impeached former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
The first pretrial preparation hearing will be held at 2:00 pm local time (0500 GMT) for the case involving Yoon.
Yoon was accused of conspiring with his wife, Kim Keon-hee, to receive illegal public opinion polls free of charge from a political broker on multiple occasions from 2021 to 2022 ahead of the presidential election.
The preparation hearings are held to hear the opinions of the prosecution and the defendant before the beginning of formal hearings. The defendant is not obligated to attend the preparation hearings.
Yoon’s wife, who was arrested and indicted on the same charges, was scheduled to face her first-instance sentencing on Wednesday.
. XINHUA SQ ARN