Former Environment Minister Kim Eun-kyung, who was handed over to the trial on the suspicion of a’blacklist by the Ministry of Environment’, was sentenced to imprisonment in the first trial and was arrested in court. Former Minister Kim was appointed as the first Minister of Environment along with the inauguration of the Moon Jae-in administration in July 2017, but after three years and six months, it was recorded as the “first arrest case of the current government”.
法 “Passion of responsibility to staff” was also rebuked.
Courtroom arrests in the same judicial department
Former Environment Minister Kim Eun-kyung is heading to the Seoul Central District Court on the 9th to be sentenced to a first trial for involvement in the’Ministry of Environment blacklist’. Newsis
In December of last year, Professor Kyung-Shim Chung from Dongyang University attended the first trial. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the same court as former Minister Kim Eun-gyeong on that day and was arrested in court. Reporter Sang-jo Woo
The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement 25-1 (Director Kim Sun-hee, Lim Jeong-yeop and Kwon Seong-su) sentenced former Minister Kim to two years and six months in prison on charges of obstructing the exercise of ex officio abuse rights. At the same time, “It is judged that there is a risk of destruction of evidence, such as denying all (the allegations) and stating the obvious facts differently,” he issued an arrest warrant and arrested the court. Shin Mi-sook, former Blue House Balance Personnel Secretary, who was handed over to trial, was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison and 3 years probation.
The 25th Department of the Criminal Agreement is the judicial team that sentenced professor Chung Kyung-shim to Dongyang University in December of last year to imprisonment for four years on charges such as irregularities in the entrance examination of children. It is also a ‘career’s high-ranking judge’ made up of all three judges who are the chief judges with about 20 years of experience.
靑 Parachute, resignation, and target audit’all facts’
From December 2017 to January 2018, former Minister Kim was charged with resignation from executives of public institutions under the Ministry of Environment who had been appointed by the previous regime, and intervened in hiring so that a person recommended by the Blue House was appointed to this position. At that time, 13 executives from public institutions, including the chairman of the Korea Environment Corporation, resigned. It was also accused of targeting executives who refused to submit resignations.
The court judged that these suspicions were actually committed and undermined the fairness of hiring public institutions. It was also judged that the Blue House had decided on a nominee in consultation with the Ministry of Environment. therefore “Excluding the nominee, 130 applicants were completely unaware of this fact and went through document screening and interviews, inflicting tangible and intangible damage to them, and causing severe deprivation.“It caused deep distrust to the public about hiring executives in public institutions. Also, former Minister Kim “It made me feel severe mental stress and a feeling of atrophy in work performance,” as a greeting to the Ministry of Environment’s public officials.”
Former Minister Kim Eun-kyung judged for the first trial per charge. Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok [email protected]
“It was a practice… ”Excuse the judge “obvious illegal”
It also refused to accept Kim’s claim that these crimes were a practice that was also done in the previous government.
The judge said “Although it seems that some agency heads submitted their resignations when the previous government changed power, there is no practice of demanding resignation as in this case.“I pointed out. And said, “Even if Even if there was such an act in the previous government, it clearly violates the laws and regulations, and the abuse is very severe, which is an illegal practice that must be overcome.”
Rather, the judge said, “Former Minister Kim showed an attitude of denying the charges until the end and transferring responsibility to the people below.“I rebuked it.
The judge stated that “it is clear that public officials belonging to the Ministry of Environment cannot do such a thing without the direction or approval of former Minister Kim.” This case was compared to the’cultural blacklist’ case involving former President Kim Ki-chun and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Cho Yun-seon during the Park Geun-hye administration. Former secretary chief Kim and others were convicted after being charged with asking for a resignation from an official of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Kim’s side “I can’t expect the judgment…I will appeal”
Former Environment Minister Kim Eun-gyeong and former Blue House Balance Personnel Secretary Shin Mi-sook, who were handed over to trial on the charge of a’blacklist by the Ministry of Environment’, are leaving the building after being sentenced to probation in the first trial held at the Seoul Central District Court on the 9th. Newsis
However, some were acquitted by saying that it was not legally a condition to constitute an ex officio abuse crime. For example, among the executives who submitted their resignation, the former director of the National Institute of Ecology, aunt, admitted guilty to only 12 people excluding him, saying that he submitted his resignation according to his or her intention after being guaranteed the next seat.
In addition, while former Minister Kim’s actions related to submitting his resignation and auditing targets were convicted, he was found not guilty of the “instruction” he gave to public officials of the Ministry of Environment in the process. It was because the staff was supposed to assist former Minister Kim, who is in charge of personnel, in the execution of his duties, but not because he did not allow him to do unobligatory work, which is a component of the offense of ex officio abuse. Former secretary Shin was sentenced to a lower sentence, saying that it was difficult to say that there was a’functional domination’ that could be seen as an accomplice with former Minister Kim for some of the allegations such as submitting a resignation.
This is the first time a former minister has been arrested in the current government. Previously, former Justice Minister Cho Guk was also requested for an arrest warrant in December 2019 in connection with the alleged ignorance of the prosecution at Busan City’s former Vice Mayor Yoo Jae-soo, but the court dismissed it. After the sentence was completed, former Minister Kim’s lawyer said, “This is an unexpected decision, and there is a lot of regret about the facts and the application of the law,” and said, “We will respond well through an appeal hearing.” Former secretary Shin left the court without answering any questions from the reporters asking about his feelings.
Reporter Dr. Ra [email protected]