Former President Lee Myung-bak and former President Park Geun-hye. yunhap news
In the process of collecting fines and additional fines for the two former presidents in prison, it is observed that there is a long way to go to full payment due to the large amount of 20 billion won each.
According to law enforcement officials on the 16th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office is in the process of compulsory execution to pay the former President Lee Myung-bak’s fine and additional fines.
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In October of last year, former President Lee was sentenced to 17 years in prison, a fine of 13 billion won, and an additional fine of 5.58 billion won on charges of embezzlement of dozens of funds and bribery from Samsung. After the decision was finalized, the prosecution sent an order to pay fines and surcharges to the former president.
Former President Lee issued a plan for installment payments to the prosecution, saying that he would not be able to pay fines and additional fines at once, saying that he would share it for several years. Former President Lee said, “There is still no answer to the installment payment request.”
Previously, the court froze the former President’s home in Nonhyeon-dong and the site of a factory in Bucheon, whose publicly announced land was around 7 billion won. Unlike fines, additional fines must be paid regardless of pardon or parole.
The prosecution usually executes the additional surcharge first with frozen property and enforces the remaining amount. Therefore, it is expected that the forced execution procedure will proceed again after the seizure of former President Lee’s home in Nonhyeon-dong and the site of the Bucheon plant is over.
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Meanwhile, former President Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Supreme Court for the so-called’Gukjeong Nongdan case’ and the bribery case for special expenses. On the 20th, the second payment deadline is to pay a fine of 18 billion won and an additional premium of 3.5 billion won.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office 2nd Division has sent orders to pay fines and surcharges to former President Park twice since the 15th of last month.
However, it is unlikely that former President Park will pay the full amount by the 20th, so the prosecution is expected to initiate enforcement sooner or later. A prosecution official said, “After the deadline has passed, we will review the forced execution of former President Park’s property.”
Earlier, as a preservation order for former President Park, a check worth of 2.8 billion won in Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul and 3 billion won in checks held by lawyer Yoo Young-ha were frozen. Former President Park entrusted a check of 3 billion won out of the 4 billion won gains on the sale of a sister-in-law in Samseong-dong to Yu.
The prosecution is planning to allocate an additional premium of 3.5 billion won through forced execution of the check with the sister of Naegok-dong, and proceed with the forced execution procedure immediately.
In particular, unlike former President Lee, who issued the installment payment plan, President Park cannot guarantee full payment even if he goes through the mandatory execution procedure, as the sum of all his assets is less than the fine. Former President Park’s fortune as revealed in 2018 is about 7.8 billion won.
If former President Park fails to pay all the remaining fines, he could be detained in a labor camp for up to three years in addition to a 20-year imprisonment according to the law.
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