Chung Gyeong-shim, a spouse of former Justice Minister Cho Kook, who was handed over to trial on charges related to child entrance examinations and private equity funds, was sentenced to four years in prison on the 23rd, and terrestrial broadcasters other than MBC reported this news as a top report. Deployed and reported intensively.
KBS’News 9′, SBS ‘8 News’, JTBC’News Room’, TV Chosun’News 9′, Channel A’News A’, MBN’General News’, etc. introduced the news of Professor Chung’s guilt as the first reports. The report continued, but MBC’News Desk’ reported it late with the 13th report after the Corona 19 news. Looking at the number of reports, KBS was 4, MBC 3, SBS 4, JTBC 4, TV Chosun 7, Channel A 8, and MBN 5.
It is also common that reporters appear in the news studio to make future prospects or add commentary.
KBS legal team reporter Choi Yoo-kyung said, “The prosecution won the judgment.” “Professor Jeong received 15 charges, and seven of them were convicted.” “Only four of the charges related to private equity and the destruction of evidence were convicted. Sentenced to innocence. However, it is difficult to say that even this is completely innocent. The judges pointed out that there are circumstances of suspicion on some charges.”
Reporter Choi explained, “In the case of the teacher concealing the evidence that you saw earlier, you did not ask others for the crime, but because you removed the evidence yourself, you could not ask for a crime for legal reasons,” he said. “In fact, it can be seen as’guilty-like innocence.’”
SBS legal team reporter Lim Chan-jong said, “In response to the most controversial allegations of forgery of the Tong Yang University citation, former Minister Cho Kuk professed at last year’s personnel hearing that if the forgery was true, Professor Kyung-Shim Chung would have to take legal responsibility. Today there are so many objective evidences that even if some of the evidence is excluded from the ability to evidence, the remaining evidence alone is enough to prove guilty.”
It was also of interest how the sentence of first trial against Professor Chung would affect the future trial of Minister Cho. Reporter Lim said, “The former Minister Cho Kook participated in the false writing of the Seoul National University Public Interest Human Rights Law Center intern or hotel intern confirmation, etc.,” he said. Not only moral criticism for doing so, but also criminal punishment.”
Kwak Dong-gun, a reporter from the MBC Human Rights Justice Team, also said, “Seven of the 12 charges applied to former Minister Cho overlap with his wife. Today, the couple’s conspiracy was admitted on three of these charges,” he said. “The trial of Minister Cho is conducted independently by other judges, and the conclusions are unlikely to be very different as they judge the same matter with similar evidence.” .
JTBC Legal Affairs Reporter Lee Ji-hye said, “The court said that there was a need to guarantee Professor Jeong’s defense right, but the evidence was likely to be destroyed.” “The court said, “The possibility of escape is very low.” It is highly likely to re-attempt actions such as manipulation or encouraging people to make false statements.’ “I saw that there were already such acts during the trial process.”
In the case of TV Chosun, the prospect of Cho Min, the daughter of former Minister Cho, who is currently attending medical school, was also presented. As the judge concluded that all the entrance examination specifications, such as Cho Min’s citation from Tong Yang University, were forged, it was a question whether he could graduate from medical school.
TV Chosun reporter Lee Chae-hyun said, “If Pusan National University knew that the court was particularly false, Mr. Cho explained in detail to the effect that he would have been eliminated from the admissions examination for medical officers, and that he would not have received document evaluation and interviews.” I am in fourth grade. Former Minister Cho said that he would appeal, and it would take more than a year or two if he went to the Supreme Court in the second trial. However, after becoming a doctor, if admission is invalidated, not only the admission of the medical staff, but also the doctor’s license may be revoked.”
Choi Joo-hyun, a reporter from the Channel A Department of Social Affairs, also said, “Cho, a fourth-year student at Busan National University, took the 2021 National Doctoral Examination exam last September, and the results have not yet come out.” It is said that if the student’s admission to the Busan National University doctor is decided to cancel, he or she will lose the qualifications to apply for the National Medical Examination.
Channel A also mentioned Choi Kang-wook, the head of the Open Democratic Party, who is accused of issuing a false internship confirmation from Cho’s son. Reporter Choi said, “There are observations that it will affect the trial of the Open Democratic Party representative Choi Kang-wook, who is accused of issuing false intern certificates to the sons of former minister Cho and Mr. Cho.” He said, “As I mentioned some of the conspiracy relations with former Minister Cho, the results of the trial are drawing attention. “The prosecution today requested that Choi be sentenced to one year in prison. On the 28th of next month, the first trial sentence is scheduled.”
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