'Cheong Document Leak' Park Gwancheon and Jo Eungcheon... Supreme Court Final Verdict Today
[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] The Supreme Court's final ruling on former Police Superintendent Park Gwancheon, who was involved in the so-called 'Jung Yoonhoe State Affairs Interference Document' leak case, will be delivered on the 14th. Democratic Party lawmaker Cho Eungcheon (former Blue House Public Office Discipline Secretary) is also a subject of the case, but unlike former Superintendent Park, Cho was acquitted in both the first and second trials.
The Supreme Court's 2nd Division (Presiding Justice Noh Jeonghee) will hold the appeal hearing for former Superintendent Park and lawmaker Cho, who were indicted for violating the Presidential Records Management Act and other charges.
Both were prosecuted for leaking 17 presidential records produced and stored at the Blue House from June 2013 to January 2014. In particular, former Superintendent Park was additionally indicted on charges of receiving bribes worth approximately 170 million won, including 50 million won in cash and six gold bars, from an entertainment business operator.
The first trial ruled that the leaked documents were not presidential records and acquitted both lawmaker Cho and former Superintendent Park of violating the Presidential Records Management Act. However, it judged that former Superintendent Park's handing over of documents related to 'Blue House Chief Secretary replacement rumors' and 'VIP close aide movements' to Park Ji-man constituted official secret leakage. Including some bribery charges, former Superintendent Park was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 43.4 million won.
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Lawmaker Cho was also acquitted in the second trial. Regarding former Superintendent Park, unlike the first trial which recognized some bribery charges as guilty, the second trial ruled that the statute of limitations had expired and dismissed those charges. However, for the document leak, he was sentenced to eight months in prison with a two-year probation and was released.
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