Jeong Gyeong-shim court arrest… Judge “Daughter’Seven Specs’ False, I Betrayed Trust in the Entrance Examination System”
Reporter Hansoo Kim hangang@, Reporter Jinseok Kwak [email protected]
Input: 2020-12-23 19:25:49Revision: 2020-12-23 19:27:00Posted: 2020-12-23 19:29:01 (3 pages)
Attorney Kim Chil-joon, a lawyer at Dongyang University Professor Kyung-Shim Chung, is answering the reporter’s question after completing a trial for the first trial of Professor Jeong at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 23rd. yunhap news
The court found guilty of all corruption related to the entrance exam for daughters, including forgery of a citation from Dongyang University professor Chung Gyeong-shim, the wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kook. The judge strongly criticized Professor Jeong, saying, “I have betrayed my beliefs and expectations about the entrance examination system.” Regarding the private equity fund, the fact that Professor Jeong invested in a specific company using undisclosed information was also recognized as guilty, and controversy over Professor Jeong and former Minister Cho is likely to rise again.
Convicted of all charges related to irregularities in the entrance exam
Tong Yang University’s citation,’counterfeiting’ conclusion
Tong Yang University Instructor Lounge PC found traces
Profit from undisclosed information of secondary battery companies
Use of borrowed-name accounts to conceal property details, etc.
Private equity-related charges also admitted guilty
All of the ‘7 major specs’ are false
On the 23rd, Judge Lim Jeong-yeop, deputy chief judge of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement 25-2, convicted all charges related to corruption in the entrance exam applied to Professor Jeong. The charges recognized as guilty include △writing and events of false official documents, △writing and events of forgery documents, and △obstructing business.
The judge ruled that “Professor Jung actively participated in submitting his daughter Jo Min’s self-introduction and citation to medical graduate schools (medical schools), and all charges related to corruption in the entrance examination are convicted.” All the matters pointed out by the prosecution as’the 7 false specs’ were taken as false.
‘Seven False Specs’ is △Citation from the President of Dongyang University and confirmation of research △Certification of activity as a research assistant at the Institute of Language Education at Dongyang University △Internship and thesis at the Institute of Medical Sciences at Dankook University △Internship at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) △Aqua Palace Hotel Intercontinental Hotel Intern Certificate △Gongju University Life Science Research Institute intern certificate △Seoul National University Public Interest Human Rights Law Center intern certificate.
The judges judged that Professor Chung knew that his daughter Jo’s internship confirmation was false. Knowing that false documents could be a problem, he condoned for the benefit of her daughter’s entrance exam. The judge said, “Jeong knew that his daughter, Jomin, did not engage in experiential activities at Dankook University, and recognized that the internship confirmation was false. “As a benefit of Cho Min’s first pass to the Seoul National University medical practitioner, and the final pass of the Pusan National University medical practitioner, there was an unfair result that other candidates failed.” “He added.
In particular, regarding the alleged forgery of the Tong Yang University’s citation, which was one of the core controversies, the judge concluded that it was’forgery’. Deputy Judge Lim judged, “It is acknowledged that Cho Min did not receive a citation when synthesizing the statements of Tong Yang University President Choi Seong-hae or the statements of staff who worked at the language education center.”
Prosecutors argued that Professor Jeong forged a citation in the name of the president of Tong Yang University and was issued falsely, and that this was returned as a benefit for her daughter’s entrance exam. Several traces and files were found on the PC of the Tong Yang University instructor’s lounge secured by the prosecution. The court judged that Jo Min used the seven specs to finally pass the Busan National University medical team, and that’the crime of obstructing the execution of public affairs by hierarchy’ was recognized as guilty.
■Vehicle name account and concealment of criminal proceeds are also recognized
The judiciary accepted some charges related to private equity funds as guilty. The charges recognized as guilty include: △Violation of the Capital Market Act (use of undisclosed important information) △Violation of the Crime Profit Concealment Regulation Act △Violation of the Real Name Financial Law △Evidence Destruction Teacher.
The court admitted that Professor Jeong was guilty of gaining profits (violation of the Capital Markets Act) by obtaining undisclosed information about a secondary battery company invested by Korink PE, a private equity fund manager. Along with this, the charge of opening a borrowed account to conceal the details of the property (violation of the Real Name Financial Law) was also considered guilty.
Deputy Judge Lim said, “Professor Jeong used a nominated account with the intention of concealing stocks and escaping the submission obligation when Cho was inaugurated as the Chief Civil Service Officer of the Blue House. Accordingly, despite the legal obligation to faithfully report property, he criticized strongly that he borrowed other people’s accounts to increase his assets, used undisclosed information, and concealed criminal proceeds.”
On the other hand, it was considered innocent that Professor Jeong signed a false consulting contract and received money from Cho’s 5th nephew, Beom-dong, who participated in embezzlement. Prof. Chung’s alleged conspiracy with Jo Beom-dong to falsely report the amount of the investment agreement to the Financial Services Commission, and the charge of having Kim Gyeong-rok, an asset manager, to conceal materials from the Tong Yang University office were also acknowledged as innocent.
Controversy over unreasonable prosecution and investigation results are guilty
Regarding the alleged corruption of Cho’s daughter’s entrance examination, the prosecution confiscated and searched more than 30 places, including all of the Busan National University medical doctors, resulting in controversy over investigations. In particular, in September of last year, there was an irrational prosecution of Professor Jeong without even summoning him for the imminent statute of limitations on charges of forgery of the Tong Yang University citation. At that time, the legal and political circles confronted the interpretation that “it was an inevitable decision for the prosecution” and the public opinion that it was “excessive investigation difficult to find precedent”.
However, after one year and three months after the prosecution indicted Professor Chung in September last year, all charges of irregularities in the entrance examination were convicted, and the criticism that it was an unreasonable prosecution lost convincing power.
Prof. Jeong said that it was “a ruling that applied guilty crime,” and expressed his intention to actively refute it at the appeal trial.
Professor Chil-Joon Kim, an attorney on Professor Chung’s side, said, “It is difficult to agree on the entire ruling, but in particular, the allegations related to irregularities in the entrance exam were repeated in the sentence, which was intended to fight from the investigation process.”
Reporters Hansoo Kim and Jinseok Kwak [email protected]