Jeong Gyeong-sim's Appeal Trial Begins in Earnest... Court Appearance Today After 4 Months of Detention
[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The appeal trial of Professor Jung Kyung-shim of Dongyang University, wife of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, who was indicted for her children's admission corruption and illegal investment in private equity funds and sentenced to imprisonment in the first trial, will be fully underway on the 12th.
The Criminal Division 1-2 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Sangpil Eom) will hold the first appeal trial session for Professor Jung, who was prosecuted on charges including forgery of private documents, in the afternoon. The defendant is required to attend the trial session, so Professor Jung is expected to appear in court. This will be the first time Professor Jung appears in court since she was detained in court following the first trial sentencing on December 23 of last year.
During the trial session, the court will conduct witness examination of Lee Sang-hoon, former nominal representative of Kolink Private Equity (Kolink PE). This is part of the hearing on the private equity fund allegations against Professor Jung. Kolink PE is an asset management company reportedly operated in practice by Cho Beom-dong, a fifth cousin of former Minister Cho, and is implicated in Professor Jung's private equity fund-related charges.
At the previous trial preparation session, the court dismissed all but one of the approximately 20 witnesses requested by Professor Jung's side, excluding former representative Lee. The court plans to complete all arguments by June 14. Professor Jung's detention period during the second trial is until June 22.
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In the first trial, Professor Jung was found partially guilty of obtaining undisclosed information related to WFM, a battery company invested in by Kolink PE, and benefiting from it, as well as charges related to her children's admission corruption, and was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 500 million won.
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