Supreme Court OKs ruling to retain ruling party lawmaker's Assembly seat

▲ Rep. Kim Moon-soo of the ruling Democratic Party (Yonhap)

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Supreme Court OKs ruling to retain ruling party lawmaker's Assembly seat

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Kim Moon-soo of the ruling Democratic Party will retain his National Assembly seat after the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower courts' fine of 900,000 won (US$650) for him in his election law violation case.

Kim was indicted on charges of disclosing the results of his own opinion poll on Facebook on Jan. 9 last year ahead of the general election.

By law, a lawmaker will lose their seat if a fine of more than 1 million won on violation of election law is finalized.

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