Main opposition Democratic Party(DP) leader Lee Jae-myung has been acquitted of subornation of perjury.

On Monday the Seoul Central District Court found Lee not guilty of pressuring a witness to give false testimony in an election violation case in February 2019.

The 2019 case dealt with Lee’s conduct during his campaign for the Gyeonggi governorship in 2018.

The prosecution had sought a three-year sentence against the DP chief.

On November 15, the same court handed the opposition leader a one-year sentence, suspended for two years, after finding him guilty of spreading false information in violation of the election law.