▲ 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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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.

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