On the afternoon of the 7th, South Korea's Seoul High Court handed down a second instance verdict in the case of former President Yoon Seok-yeol suspected of violating the “Political Funds Law”. Yoon Seok-yeol was acquitted. The South Korean prosecution believes that Yoon Seok-yeol is suspected of colluding with his wife Kim Gun-hee to receive 58 free public opinion survey services from June 2021 to March 2022 from June 2021 to March 2022, with a value equivalent to 270 million won. The prosecution pointed out during the final hearing of the case in the second instance that the polls involved in the case were manipulated by humans, and the results were biased in favor of Yoon Seok-yeol. Yoon Seok-yeol not only received a poll from Ming Tae-kyun, but also discussed with Ming Tae-kyun on investigation methods, etc. Related acts have had a serious negative impact not only on the democratic system, but also on the transparency and impartiality of the process of recommending candidates by political parties, and the circumstances of the crime are serious.

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