Seoul mayor acquitted on appeal in political funds case

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon (center) speaks to reporters in front of the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on Friday after being acquitted in the appellate ruling in his trial on charges of violating the Political Funds Act. - Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL: Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was acquitted by an appellate court on Friday of charges that he violated the Political Funds Act ahead of the 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election, overturning a lower court's guilty verdict.

The appellate ruling overturns Oh's conviction by the lower court, which had imposed a 10 million won (US$7,500) fine that could have cost him his mayoral post if the verdict had been finalised.

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首尔市长吴世勋（中）周五在首尔瑞草区首尔高等法院前接受记者采访，此前他因违反《政治资金法》的指控在上诉法院被判无罪。——《韩国先驱报》/亚洲新闻网

首尔：首尔市长吴世勋周五被上诉法院宣告无罪，此前他被指控在2021年首尔市长补选前违反了《政治资金法》，推翻了下级法院的有罪判决。

上诉法院的裁决推翻了下级法院对吴某的定罪，下级法院曾判处吴某 1000 万韩元（约合 7500 美元）的罚款，如果判决最终生效，他可能会因此失去市长职位。

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