S Korea lifts court TV ban ahead of Park sentencing

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a ban on the filming of trials, opening the possibility of live coverage of the sentencing of disgraced president Park Geun-Hye and Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong. At a rare meeting of justices presided over by Chief Justice Yang Sung-Tae, the court adopted new regulations on filming of trials, effective August 1.”With the amendment, live TV coverage of lower court and appeals court sentencings will be permitted”, it said. The measure will help enhance the “people’s right to know”, it added. The court only allowed live online streaming for its own rulings so far.