Park Ji-won’s Son-in-Law: "I Used Drugs but Had No Intent to Smuggle"

Seoul Central District Court / Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 19th, the son-in-law of Park Ji-won, the Director of the National Intelligence Service, who was prosecuted on charges of smuggling narcotics into the United States, partially denied the charges at the trial.

The lawyer of Samsung Electronics Executive Director A, who is Park's son-in-law, argued at the trial held at the Seoul Central District Court, Criminal Division 24 (Presiding Judge Jo Yong-rae), that there was no intent to smuggle drugs and that he was not even aware whether there were drugs in his bag upon entry. However, it was reported that he admitted to using ecstasy and smoking marijuana after entering the country.

Earlier, A was prosecuted on charges of smuggling ecstasy and marijuana into the country when entering from the United States in May 2019, and on charges of smoking marijuana or using ecstasy twice in July and August of the same year.

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