Prosecution Seeks 15-Year Prison Sentence for Former NIS Chief Won Sei-hoon in Appeal Trial Over 'Political Manipulation'

Former National Intelligence Service Director Won Se-hoon [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] In the appeal trial of former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Won Se-hoon, who was indicted for various illegal political operations including supporting the NIS budget for a civilian comment squad, the prosecution demanded a 15-year prison sentence.

On the 20th, at the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 13 (Presiding Judge Koo Hoe-geun), during the appeal trial sentencing hearing of former Director Won, the prosecution requested the court to "sentence as in the original trial's demand." In the first trial, the prosecution demanded 15 years imprisonment, 10 years disqualification, and a fine of approximately 19.83 billion won against former Director Won.

Former Director Won was indicted in 2017 on charges of supporting the NIS budget for a civilian comment squad, and over the course of one year until he was indicted in 2018 for using the NIS budget for union disruption operations, he was brought to trial nine times on various criminal charges. The first trial court recognized many of these charges as guilty in February and sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment and 7 years disqualification.

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