Opposition leader's key aide granted bail

Opposition leader's key aide granted bail

Jeong Jin-sang (2nd from L), a former vice chief of staff to Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, speaks to reporters as he leaves Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, 21 kilometers south of Seoul, on April 21, 2023, after the Seoul Central District Court granted bail to Jeong, now on trial over a bribery scandal linked to a development project launched when Lee was mayor of Seongnam, south of Seoul. He was released on bail of 50 million won (US$37,600). (Yonhap)

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