(LEAD) Appeals court acquits ex-President Yoon in 'free opinion polls' case

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SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday, acquitting former President Yoon Suk Yeol of charges related to receiving free opinion polls ahead of the 2022 presidential election in violation of the political funds law.

Yoon was earlier sentenced to a two-year prison term for violating the Political Funds Act.

Special counsel Min Joong-ki's team earlier indicted Yoon on charges of colluding with his wife and receiving 58 opinion polls worth about 270 million won (US$202,000) in total for free from self-proclaimed power broker Myung Tae-kyun between April 2021 and March 2022.

This file photo shows former President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and self-proclaimed power broker Myung Tae-kyun. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Appeals court acquits ex-President Yoon in 'free opinion polls' case

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首尔，10 月 7 日（韩联社）——周三，一家上诉法院推翻了下级法院的裁决，宣布前总统尹锡烈无罪，此前他被指控在 2022 年总统选举前接受免费民意调查，违反了政治资金法。

尹某此前因违反政治资金法被判处两年有期徒刑。

特别检察官闵仲基的团队此前指控尹某与其妻子串通，在 2021 年 4 月至 2022 年 3 月期间，从自称权力掮客的明泰均处免费获得了 58 份民意调查报告，总价值约 2.7 亿韩元（20.2 万美元）。

这张资料照片显示的是前总统尹锡烈（左）和自称权力掮客的明泰均。（联社照片）（韩联社）

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（导语）上诉法院宣判前总统尹锡悦“自由民意调查”案无罪