Min Joong-ki’s special prosecution team stated on the 7th during the trial of former President Yoon Suk-yeol on charges of “publication of false information during the presidential election” that “there is testimony that Jeon Seong-bae, a shaman widely known as Geonjin, spiritually guided former President Yoon and his wife.” In response, former President Yoon vehemently retorted, “If Mr. Jeon claims to have guided me, did he also prophesy his own arrest and my impeachment?”
During the trial at the Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 21 (Judge Cho Soon-pyo presiding) regarding former President Yoon’s alleged violation of the Public Official Election Act, the special counsel submitted the first-instance ruling on Jeon’s charges under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes as evidence. Kim Kyung-ho, assistant special counsel, stated, “Broker Kim, a witness in Jeon’s first trial, testified that ‘Jeon spiritually guided former President Yoon and his wife.’ Mr. Kim also said, ‘When former President Yoon was demoted to the Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office, Ahn Cheol-soo, a lawmaker, proposed forming a new party and recruiting him, and Yang Jeong-cheol, former head of the Democratic Research Institute, also made a recruitment offer, leading former President Yoon to consult with Jeon.’” He added, “Jeon stated during the special counsel’s investigation that he prophesied former President Yoon’s election victory and, after Yoon entered the presidential...
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