Lee Nak-yeon, who insisted on "The court's judgment is harsh"
In relation to the case of Dongyang University professor Jeong Kyung-shim, who was handed over to trial on charges of corruption in children's entrance exams and private equity, was sentenced to four years in prison as in the first trial, Lee Nak-yeon, former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, "The court set the sentence first. I even have doubts that I fit the ."
In a post on his Facebook page on the 11th, former CEO Lee said, "I will go with former Minister Cho Kuk" about the judgment against Professor Chung.
In addition, former CEO Lee wrote, "It is especially difficult to understand that documents related to entrance exams, such as high school student internship certificates, are recognized as 'guilty'.
“The fact that Yoon Seok-yeol was acquitted of all charges related to private equity funds and stock trading using undisclosed information that Yoon Seok-yeol put forward as the reason for the investigation against Cho Kuk proves that there was no justification for the investigation.” The arrogance of a prosecutor and the arrogance of a prosecutor's organization who resisted the strife destroys a family and seriously exhausts the nation's capacity," he wrote.
In addition, former CEO Lee said, "No words can provide any consolation, but I send my deepest condolences to the former Minister Cho Kuk and his family. "he emphasized.
Earlier, the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1-2 (Chief Judge Eom Sang-pil) sentenced Professor Jeong to four years in prison and a fine of 50 million won at the sentencing hearing on the morning of the same day. A fine of 10.61 million won was also ordered.
Compared to the first trial, the sentence was maintained, but the fine and fines were slightly lower. The first trial was four years in prison, a fine of 500 million won, and a fine of 140 million won.
The court said, "The defendant continues to make claims that are difficult to believe are reasonable in light of objective material evidence or credible statements of persons involved."
First of all, the court found that Professor Jeong's daughter Jo Min's so-called 'Seven False Specifications' were all false as in the original trial. Cho's Seoul National University Public Interest Human Rights Law Center intern certificate and Busan Aqua Palace Hotel intern certificate were forged in a collusion with former Justice Minister Cho Kuk. Khitan's judgment of the trial court was maintained.
In addition, the court ruled that Professor Jeong took 10 million won in unfair profit by trading stocks using undisclosed information obtained from Cho Beom-dong, the fifth-degree nephew of former Minister Cho, in relation to the allegations related to private equity.
It is based on the conviction that all 120,000 WFM stocks purchased over the counter were not guilty, and only the stock purchase part was found guilty. judged to have benefited. The court of appeals, however, found that the original judgment was not wrong on the charge of borrowing-name transactions for the purpose of concealing property details.
On the other hand, in the first trial, the charge of concealing evidence was found not guilty on the grounds that he and Kim Kyung-rok, the wealth manager of the former minister and his wife, were found not guilty on the grounds that he was a 'joint criminal', the judgment was changed.
The court of appeals judged that Mr. Kim had concealed the evidence according to Professor Jung's instructions, and found that Professor Jung had no relationship with Mr. Kim as a common criminal. In the sense of being a teacher, the court considered Professor Jung's behavior an 'abuse of defense'.
In addition, the court maintained the conclusion of the first trial, which judged legally regarding the evidence capacity of the PC in the break room of Dongyang University, which had been fiercely contested in the appeals court.
The court said, "It is legal to collect evidence of the execution of a search and seizure warrant issued for other crimes after the indictment was instituted. There is no special reason for violating the basic principles of the Criminal Law,” the court ruled.
Regarding the sentencing, regarding the allegation of corruption in the entrance examination, he said, "The accused has damaged our society's belief in the fairness of the entrance examination system. "He said.
Regarding the sentencing related to private equity funds, he pointed out that "it caused distrust in the stock market and damaged the order of the market economy."