Prosecution Seeks 2 Years and 6 Months Imprisonment in Appeal Trial of Lee Myung-hee for Habitual Assault on Employee

Former Chairperson of Ilwoo Foundation, Lee Myung-hee [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] In the appeal trial of Lee Myung-hee, wife of the late Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Hanjin Group, who was charged with habitual assault on employees, the prosecution demanded a prison sentence of 2 years and 6 months.

On the 22nd, at the second trial sentencing hearing held by the 13th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Chief Judge Gu Hoe-geun), the prosecution requested the court to "dismiss the defendant's appeal and sentence as originally demanded in the first trial." The court decided to hold the sentencing hearing on the 19th of next month.

Lee was prosecuted on charges of verbally abusing and physically assaulting nine employees working at her residence, including drivers, a total of 22 times from November 2011 to April 2018, causing injuries. She is also accused of throwing pruning shears at a security guard at her home in Pyeongchang-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and kicking a driver who refused to load items onto a car on a road in Gugidong, causing injury.

In the first trial, most of the charges were found guilty, and Lee was sentenced to 2 years in prison with a 3-year probation. However, three of the charges were acquitted due to insufficient evidence that the victims actually sustained injuries.

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