
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon meets with People Power Party representative Jang Dong-hyuk and expresses gratitude at the request to abandon the appeal.
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was recently found not guilty in an appeals trial on the 'Myeong Tae-gyun public opinion poll payment allegation'.
On the day of being found not guilty in the second trial, Zhang congratulates Wu by saying, "You've had a hard time."
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hyun and Cho Daun = Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon met with People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk on the 26th and expressed his gratitude to the special prosecutor for urging Jang to give up the appeal following the recent acquittal in the appeal trial for the 'Myeong Tae-gyun public opinion poll payment allegation'.
Mayor Oh said to CEO Jang, who met at the 47th anniversary memorial service for former President Park Chung-hee held at the Seoul National Cemetery on this day, "Thank you for continuing to raise your voice that the appeal should be given up," referring to the situation in which the ruling party is insisting that the special prosecutor appeal his acquittal.
The two later smiled and shook hands at the event.
Previously, after Mayor Oh was found not guilty in the second trial, CEO Jang wrote on Facebook, "This is a private return. The special prosecutor who indicted something that did not work must be held accountable. We must immediately give up on appealing to the Supreme Court, which will not work."
It is reported that on the day of the sentencing, CEO Jang personally called Mayor Oh to congratulate him and said, "Congratulations. You have gone through a lot of hardship."
Mayor Oh kept his distance from CEO Jang during the June 3 local elections. However, the day after the second trial verdict, he visited the National Assembly and mentioned the general election, saying, "I will give comfort to the people when the People Power Party appears united and integrated rather than divided."

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