The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing for Kim Geon-hee's case involving stock manipulation related to Deutsche Motors and has decided to refer the case to the full court.
On July 23, the Supreme Court announced, "The case against defendant Kim Geon-hee for violations of the Capital Markets Act has been rescheduled for referral to the full court."
Originally set for a ruling on July 24 at 2 p.m. under the Second Division of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Park Young-jae, the case was sent to the full court just a day prior.
If the four justices in the division cannot reach a consensus or deem the division's ruling inappropriate, the case will be elevated to the full court.
The Supreme Court did not disclose the reasons for the referral. However, there are suggestions that conflicting lower court rulings related to the 'Myung Tae-kyun polling' allegations may have influenced this decision.
Previously, Kim Geon-hee was acquitted in the first and second trials regarding allegations of receiving free polling services from Myung Tae-kyun. In contrast, former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was separately indicted on similar charges, received a partial guilty verdict in the first trial.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was also indicted for receiving a total of ten polling services from Myung and having them paid for by a third party, with some guilt acknowledged in the first trial the day before.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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