The appeal trial is also guilty … The political life of Kim Kyung-soo

▲ Gyeongnam Governor Kim Gyeong-soo, who was convicted in the first trial of manipulating public opinion, attends the appeals court sentencing held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the day. 6.
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[기사 보강 : 6일 오후 4시 8분]

After the first trial, the appeal trial (second trial) was also guilty. The political life of Gyeongsangnam-do Governor Kim Kyung-soo was brought to the edge of the cliff.

The Second Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (President Ham Sang-hoon) was sentenced to two years in prison after acknowledging the charges of manipulating the ranking of comments at a hearing on Gyeongsangnam-do Governor Kim Kyung’s appeal. -soo on the 6th. However, the charge of violation of the Law of Elections of Public Officials was innocent, unlike the sentence of the first trial.

The judge sentenced Governor Kim to prison, but did not imprison him in court.

Earlier, Governor Heo Ik-beom said that Governor Kim Gyeong-soo conspired with Mr. Amugae Kim of “ Dreking ” before the 2017 presidential elections and the 2018 local elections, committed a crime of manipulating the comment ratings and proposed public office by Mr. Kim regarding the elections. Passed over.

In January 2019, the first trial court of the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Governor Kim to a court after two years in prison (for manipulating the classification of comments) and 10 months in prison for two years of freedom. conditional (for violation of the Law on Elections of Public Officials).

“The fact of attending the King Crab Demonstration was certainly reasonable”

▲ Gyeongnam Governor Kim Gyeong-soo, Charged With Conspiracy To Manipulate Comments By The Drooking Party “, Leaves Court After Being Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Manipulating Comment Rating At Seoul High Court Appeal Hearing in the afternoon of the 6th.
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The key question in this case is whether Governor Kim Gyeong-soo (the then member of the National Assembly) attended a demonstration of the ‘King Crab’ comment rating manipulation program at the Economic Co-Evolution Meeting office. (Gyeong-go Mo) in Paju City, Gyeonggi-do on November 9, 2016. The first court admitted that Governor Kim’s visit was based on the testimony of Mr. Kim’Druking ‘, the operator of the contest lights, and Mr. Woomugae, member of ‘Dooly’.

‘Dreoking’ Kim consistently stated the following from the fourth police investigation.

“I told the defendant, ‘If I don’t do this, I will lose him again in the next presidential election, take full responsibility and go to jail if there is a problem, but I cannot do it without his permission or consent. After the demonstration, the defendant nodded, so I said, “Then I’ll proceed.” After the demonstration, while leaving the conference room, the defendant asked me: “What are you going to go to jail? You just have to take moral responsibility and show me something like that.” Yes, do it on your own “and he He said to the defendant: ‘If you don’t see it, I will.’

Woo also testified that he saw Governor Kim nod his head.

On that day, the Court of Appeals said, “I cannot help but believe the constant statements of Kim ◯◯ and Woo ◯◯,” and said, “The fact that the defendant visited the Gyeonggi Competition and watched the demonstration of the prototype of King Crab proved without a doubt. ” Emphasized.

The judge heard the document ‘Online Information Report 201611’ on November 9 as evidence of his attendance at the King Crab rally. This document, which is informational material for Governor Kim, contains such content as “The (king crab) prototype is complete” and “To respond to the manipulation of articles, you must respond by clicking sympathy / disapproval in the comments.” The judge said: “It is contrary to the rule of thumb to assume that the King Crab prototype has been developed but not demonstrated to the defendants.”

Furthermore, Naver’s access logs, which can confirm the fact that Governor Kim directed the King Crab prototype while in the Gyeonggongmo office, were also adopted as key evidence.

The judge said: “If Mr. Kim tried to manipulate false facts from the beginning with the intention of luring an innocent defendant as an accomplice, for example, it is much easier and more objective for there to be witnesses who were present and heard the story when they met defendant and allowed to operate the king crab verbally. It would have been very likely that it would have been achieved. “

The judge emphasized that Governor Kim participated in the crime by maintaining and enforcing the resolution of the crime so that the Drucking party could continue the crime of manipulating comment rankings after attending the demonstration. The judiciary relied on the fact that ▲ Governor Kim received an online information report from Mr. Kim, which included the status of Operation King Crab and the results of the daily comment work, and ▲ Governor Kim directly sent the URL of the article to Mr. Kim. ▲ Unlike general support groups Maintained a close relationship with Mr. Kim, ▲ noted that he responded to Mr. Kim’s request to recommend staff.

The court found Drew King’s party innocent to Governor Kim for manipulating comment ratings that were unfavorable for then-Democratic Party candidate Moon Jae-in. This equates to 25% of the total (based on the number of comments) or 30% (the number of sympathy / dislike clicks).

Not guilty of violating the Public Official Election Law

▲ Gyeongnam Governor Kim Gyeong-soo, charged with conspiracy to manipulate comments by the “Drooking Party”, is being sentenced to two years in prison for manipulating the classification of comments at the Seoul High Court appeal hearing in the afternoon of the 6th, and is transferred to a vehicle.
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Unlike the first trial, the sentence on the alleged violation of the Public Officials Elections Law was innocent. The first judgment was Article 230 of the Public Officials Elections Act, which prohibited the expression of intention to provide earnings related to the election campaign, after Governor Kim proposed in January 2018 that he would recommend lawyer Do Amugae, Light competition member, as Sendai Consul General to Mr. Was found to have violated paragraph 4.

However, the judgment of the Court of Appeal was different. At the time of the proposal, there were no candidates for the June 2018 local elections, so it was considered difficult to say that Governor Kim’s proposal was related to the election campaign.

▲ When Gyeongnam Governor Kim Gyeong-soo, who was convicted in the first trial of manipulating public opinion, attended an appeals court ruling held at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of Day 6, supporters defended the innocence of Governor Kim Doo.
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