Professor Kyung-Shim Chung, who has been handed over to trial on charges such as corruption in the entrance examination of his children and allegations of private equity investment, is attending the first trial trial held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 23rd. yunhap news
Cho Kook-shim’s wife, former Justice Minister Cho Kook-shim’s wife, who was sentenced to four years in prison at the first trial for suspicion of child entrance irregularities and private equity investment, appealed against the court ruling.
On the 24th, according to the legal profession, on the 23rd, on the day of the first trial sentence, Professor Jeong’s lawyer submitted a letter of appeal to Section 25-2 of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement (Deputy Judge Lim Jeong-yeop Kwon Seong-soo, Kim Sun-hee). Professor Jeong was convicted of all charges of irregularities in the entrance exam, and partially acquitted of allegations of private equity funds and destruction of evidence.
The court sentenced Professor Jeong to a fine of 500 million won for four years in prison and imposed an additional surcharge of 140 million won. In addition, the court arrested for fear of destroying evidence. Former Minister Cho and Professor Chung’s lawyers responded that they were not convinced of the conviction and immediately expressed their intention to appeal.
After the ruling, Professor Jeong’s lawyer said, “I was embarrassed to hear the sentence today,” and said, “It is difficult to agree on the entire ruling, but I can’t even agree with the matters related to entrance examination irregularities, sentencing opinions, and reasons for court arrest.” .
He said, “Overwhelmingly, the efforts that tried to reveal the truth in court while defending themselves against the overwhelming attack of public opinion were mentioned as very unfavorable reasons for the sentence of Jung, so I could not erase the feeling that it was applied as a guilt.” said.
In addition, he added, “We will examine whether it is appropriate to take the reason for acknowledging innocence under the constitutional principle as a reason for legal restraint or sentence,” he said. “I appealed once again revealing that Professor Chung’s various resentments or the judgment in this case are not appropriate. I am thinking of going out.
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