Former Hosik Lee Two Chicken Chairman Choi Hosik's Suspended Prison Sentence Confirmed for Sexual Harassment of Female Employee

Former Chairman Choi Ho-sik of Hosigi Two Chicken, who is suspected of sexually harassing a female employee, is appearing at the Seoul Gangnam Police Station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 21st for a police investigation. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The suspended prison sentence has been confirmed for former chairman Choi Ho-sik (66) of the famous chicken franchise brand 'Hosigi Dumari Chicken,' who was indicted on charges of sexually harassing a female employee.

The Supreme Court's 1st Division (Presiding Justice Min Yoo-sook) on the 28th upheld the original sentence of one year in prison with a two-year suspension for former chairman Choi, who was charged with violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act (sexual harassment by abuse of authority at work). With this ruling, the order for Choi to attend 80 hours of sexual violence treatment lectures was also confirmed.

The court stated, "There is no error such as misapplying the law regarding the credibility assessment of the victim's testimony in the original judgment, which found the victim's testimony highly credible and determined that the defendant sexually harassed the victim by abusing his authority at work."

Former chairman Choi was indicted without detention in October of the same year on charges of forcibly sexually harassing female employee A at a hotel restaurant in Gangnam, Seoul, in June 2017. At that time, Ms. A escaped the scene with the help of women in the hotel lobby and reported to the police.

The first and second trials recognized the credibility of the victim's testimony regarding Choi's crime, found him guilty, and sentenced him to one year in prison with a two-year suspension.

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