(LEAD) Judge who handed Yoon life sentence indicted for corruption

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SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Anti-corruption investigators on Friday indicted a judge, known for sentencing former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison, over allegations he was entertained at an expensive bar in 2023.

Judge Jee Kui-youn faces charges of violating the anti-graft law for allegedly making two lawyers pay for services worth 4.09 million won (US$3,000) at a bar in Seoul's posh neighborhood of Cheongdam in August 2023, according to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO).

The anti-graft law restricts public officials from receiving gifts or services exceeding 1 million won at a time from the same person regardless of any connection to their duties.

The CIO determined the lawyers effectively paid more than 1 million won per person for the gathering of three people.

This file photo, provided by the Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 19, 2026, shows judge Jee Kui-youn announcing the sentencing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol during his insurrection trial at the court in southern Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

The CIO said it investigated whether the services were provided in exchange for trial favors, but decided not to press bribery charges after determining the court bench that Jee belonged to did not handle the lawyers' cases at the time.

It also identified another instance when Jee was treated at the same bar in September 2024, but decided not to pursue the case as the services worth 4.16 million won for five people at the time did not meet the anti-graft law threshold.

Jee's legal representative criticized the indictment, claiming the judge had stayed at the bar only for a short period of time.

The defense counsel also argued that even if Jee had stayed the entire evening, the amount per person fell short of the 1 million-won threshold as the two lawyers separately paid at different times at the bar.

"Treating two people as the single same person is an interpretation that goes beyond the possible meaning of the legal text," Jee's lawyer said.

The case received widespread attention when the allegations surfaced in May 2025 as Jee served as the presiding judge of Yoon's insurrection trial over his failed 2024 martial law bid.

In February, the court sentenced Yoon to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of leading an insurrection through his martial law declaration. The case is currently under review at an appeals court.

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首尔，9月4日（韩联社）——反腐败调查人员周五对一名法官提起诉讼，该法官曾判处前总统尹锡烈终身监禁，指控其在2023年于一家高档酒吧享受了款待。

据韩国高级官员贪污调查室（CIO）称，法官池奎允面临违反反贪污法的指控，据称他于 2023 年 8 月在首尔高档社区清潭洞的一家酒吧里，让两名律师支付价值 409 万韩元（3000 美元）的服务费。

反贪污法限制公职人员无论与职务是否有关联，都不得一次性从同一人处接受价值超过100万韩元的礼物或服务。

首席信息官认定，律师们为这三人的聚会实际支付了每人超过 100 万韩元的费用。

这张由首尔中央地方法院于2026年2月19日提供的资料照片显示，法官池奎渊在首尔南部法院宣判前总统尹锡烈的叛乱罪刑期。（照片不得出售）（韩联社）

首席信息官表示，他调查了这些服务是否是为了换取审判中的优待而提供的，但在确定 Jee 所属的法庭当时并未处理这些律师的案件后，决定不提起受贿指控。

报告还指出，Jee 于 2024 年 9 月在同一家酒吧接受治疗，但当时他为五人提供的服务价值 416 万韩元，未达到反贪污法的门槛，因此决定不追究此案。

Jee 的法律代表批评了起诉书，声称法官只在律师协会待了很短的时间。

辩护律师还辩称，即使 Jee 整晚都待在酒吧，每人支付的金额也未达到 100 万韩元的门槛，因为两位律师是在酒吧不同时间分别付款的。

“将两个人视为同一个人是一种超出法律文本可能含义的解释，”Jee的律师说。

2025 年 5 月，当 Jee 担任尹锡悦因 2024 年戒严令失败而被控叛乱罪的审判长时，该案引起了广泛关注。

今年2月，法院认定尹锡悦通过颁布戒严令煽动叛乱，判处其无期徒刑。目前，该案正在上诉法院进行复审。

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