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“I am deeply grateful to the judiciary for proving itself as the last bastion of human rights,” Lee told reporters as he left a detention center in Gyeonggi Province at 3:50 a.m. After speaking at the court review, Lee was moved to the detention center until the judge's decision was made.

“I hope that both the ruling and opposition parties, as well as the government, never forget the fact that politics is always about caring for the people’s lives and pioneering the future of the nation. It is time to return to the true essence of politics, which is not a war to eliminate opponents, but a competition to see who can better fulfill their roles for the sake of the people and the nation.”

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