Court Clears President Yoon’s Mother-in-Law of Perjury Charges

The person who accused President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law of committing perjury in the past has appealed the prosecutor’s decision not to prosecute. However, the Supreme Court concluded that the prosecutor’s decision was valid.

According to the legal community on the 15th, the Supreme Court’s 2nd Division (Chief Justice Lee Dong Won) dismissed the re-appeal filed by businessman Jung Dae Taek and others related to President Yoon’s mother-in-law, Choi Eun Soon, by the decision to reject the appeal for reconsideration.

An appeal for reconsideration is a system where the complainant or accuser appeals to the court to judge the prosecutor’s decision not to prosecute. If the court accepts the appeal for reconsideration, the prosecution must indict.

President Yoon’s mother-in-law, Ms. Choi, and her business partner, Mr. Jung, had a long legal dispute over an investment profit of $4.1 million.

In this process, Mr. Jung accused Ms. Choi of defaming him by appearing as a witness in a criminal trial and making false statements eight times.

However, the prosecution dismissed it, saying it “does not fall under the category of a re-investigation order.”

For most of the perjury charges in which the prosecution allegedly omitted their judgment, the judge decided not to prosecute due to “insufficient evidence.”

Mr. Jung appealed this to the court’s decision, but the court dismissed it, and the Supreme Court also dismissed the re-appeal filed by Mr. Jung.