"With her face partially covered with a mask and wearing her inmate number, 4398, Kim, 53, was brought to the Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday from detention, where she had been held since August 12. list of 3 itemsend of list During an identity check from the bench, Kim told the court she was currently unemployed and did not want a jury trial."
"Kim's second charge is based on allegations that she and her husband, ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol, received free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker, for free, ahead of the 2021 elections, which Yoon went on to win. However, the trade-off for the free polling was securing the nomination of the former People Power Party representative, Kim Young-sun, for a by-election later that year."
Kim Keon-hee appeared at her first corruption trial hearing while detained and wearing inmate number 4398. Kim is accused of violating the Capital Markets Act, the Political Funds Act and a law on accepting bribes for mediation. Allegations include conspiring to manipulate Deutsch Motors stock to gain 810 million won between 2010 and 2012, receiving free opinion polls from a power broker tied to a candidate nomination trade-off in 2021, and accepting luxury bags and jewellery from the Unification Church in 2022. The Unification Church head was arrested and has denied the bribery claim. Her husband, Yoon Suk-yeol, faces a separate trial over an attempted December martial law move.
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