[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Former Blue House Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Cho Yoon-sun and former Presidential Secretary Lee Byung-gi, who were indicted on charges of obstructing the activities of the Sewol Ferry Special Investigation Commission (Special Commission) and acquitted in the appellate court, will now face the Supreme Court's judgment.


According to the legal community on the 23rd, the prosecution filed an appeal with the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 13 (Presiding Judges Koo Hoe-geun, Lee Jun-young, and Choi Sung-bo) against the appellate court ruling that acquitted former Secretary Cho and former Secretary Lee.


Former Secretary Cho and former Secretary Lee were indicted on charges of instructing Blue House and Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries officials to devise and execute plans to obstruct the Special Commission's activities in order to preemptively block investigations unfavorable to the Park Geun-hye administration and the then-ruling Saenuri Party.


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The first trial found some charges guilty and sentenced former Secretary Cho and former Secretary Lee to one year in prison with two years of probation, but the appellate court acquitted them.


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