(26 Mar 2025)
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Seoul, South Korea – 26 March 2025
1. Track right of South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung arriving at court
2. Lee exiting court after court acquitted him of charge of lying as a presidential candidate
3. Close of supporters behind police line
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jae-myung, opposition party leader:
"I want to thank the court that made the right decision based on truth and justice. On the other hand, I find it ridiculous so much energy and national resources have been wasted to reach this obvious result. The country would be in a better condition if the prosecutors and government used national resources to prevent wildfires and for citizens, instead of fabricating evidence to convict me."
5. Close of police and people filming
6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jae-myung, opposition party leader:
"I hope the prosecutors look back on their past actions and stop wasting national resources. Justice always prevails, don’t you think?"
7. Wide track right of Lee leaving
STORYLINE:
A South Korean appeals court overturned the main opposition party leader’s suspended prison term on Wednesday, acquitting Lee Jae-myung of violating election law by making false statements while denying corruption allegations during a presidential campaign.
Standing outside the Seoul Central District Court, Lee thanked the court and described the case as "ridiculous" and accused the government of wasting national resources.
"The country would be in a better condition if the prosecutors and government used national resources to prevent wildfires and for citizens, instead of fabricating evidence to convict me," Lee added, referring to wind-driven wildfires that have ravaged the south of the country since Friday.
Lee, a firebrand liberal who narrowly lost the 2022 election to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, is considered a frontrunner for the snap presidential election to be held in the event of the Constitutional Court upholding Yoon’s impeachment, following his botched attempt to impose martial law last year.
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