'Burning Sun Police Chief' Yoon Gyu-geun... Acquitted in 1st Trial → Fined in 2nd Trial

Police Superintendent Yoon Kyu-geun, known as the so-called 'Burning Sun Police Chief,' who was indicted on charges of collusion with singer Seungri (real name Lee Seung-hyun) [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Yoon Gyugeun, the so-called 'Burning Sun Police Chief,' was sentenced to a fine in the second trial. This is because some charges were recognized as guilty, unlike the first trial where he was acquitted.

On the 20th, the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 13 (Presiding Judges Choi Suhwan, Choi Seongbo, Jeong Hyunmi) sentenced Chief Yoon, who was indicted on charges including violation of the Special Act (bribery), to a fine of 20 million won and ordered a confiscation of about 3.2 million won.

Previously, Chief Yoon was tried on four charges including abuse of authority, bribery, and instigation of evidence destruction. On this day, the court found Chief Yoon guilty of violating the Capital Markets Act by trading stocks based on undisclosed information given by Jeong, the former CEO of Nokwon CNI (formerly Cubes), a special ink manufacturer.

Additionally, the court recognized the charge of instigation of evidence destruction as guilty, stating, "It appears that the defendant made statements to Jeong that can be interpreted as intending to destroy evidence," referring to Chief Yoon instructing Jeong to delete mobile phone messages after the Burning Sun investigation began.

However, charges such as investigating the crackdown details related to the lounge bar 'Monkey Museum,' established by singer Seungri and his business partner, through a police investigator in charge, and receiving unlisted company stocks worth tens of millions of won as a bribe to dismiss Jeong's accusation case (bribery under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes) were acquitted, as in the first trial.

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