Enter 2021.01.18 19:40
2021.01.18 22:20 revision
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong seemed nervous from the time he entered the courthouse. At around 1:40 pm on the 18th, when the snow stopped, Vice Chairman Lee arrived at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul. The reporters asked about their feelings ahead of the sentence, but couldn’t hear the answer.
Vice-Chairman Lee and his party entered the court’s west gate. Slowly, but without stopping, I passed in front of a camera-type temperature meter to check the body temperature. Court No. 312, where the sentence is due, goes through Exit 5 on the second floor of the court. Vice-president Lee, dressed in a long black coat and a gray tie, slowly climbed the stairs with the waist upright.
In a short period of about 10 seconds as he climbed the stairs, a castle rang in the quiet courthouse. A middle-aged man shouted to the vice chairman Lee and his party, “Restraint Lee Jae-yong!” “What is redemption! Lee Jae-yong is innocent!” A middle-aged woman on the second floor shouted at the man. Vice-Chairman Lee walked through Exit 5, where access was controlled, without any reaction.
The woman who defended the vice-chairman was stopped trying to enter the court. He introduced himself as’relative to Lee’s vice-chairman’, but he blocked the court as if he was familiar with it. “Why are so many relatives here today? They say they are all relatives.” The woman with a disappointed expression sat in a chair on one side of the court and raised her arms high and silently memorized a prayer.
After entering the courtroom, Vice Chairman Lee sat silently in the defendant’s seat. I took off my glasses, put on them again, looked around and closed my eyes tightly. When the judge entered the courtroom, Vice Chairman Lee also stood up and greeted him. The sentence did not take long.
“As long as the new compliance system did not meet the effectiveness, we came to the conclusion that it was difficult to meet the sentencing conditions in this case. Given all circumstances, it is inevitable that the accused Lee Jae-yong is sentenced to imprisonment and imprisoned in court.” “order. The court ruling is reversed. The accused Lee Jae-yong, Choi Ji-sung, and Jang Choong-ki are each sentenced to two years and six months in prison.” Vice Chairman Lee sighed briefly and closed his eyes again. Vice-Chairman Lee said, “I have nothing to say” at the’excuse opportunity’ given after the sentence.
Thick snow poured out outside the courthouse. As the news of the sentence became known, I saw those who laughed out loud and welcomed the sentence and those who cried and cried. Before the trial, the man who shouted “Redeem Lee Jae-yong” in the courthouse before the trial shouted “Long live Korea!” in front of the reporters, and the woman praying for Lee said, “Korea is now ruined!”.