Han Dong-hoon Suggests Appeal on 'Jung Kyung-shim Investigation Command'... "Best Effort Until Not Guilty Parts"

Chief Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon. / Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon stated on the 11th regarding the appellate court's sentencing of Professor Jeong Gyeong-sim of Dongyang University, "We will do our best until the end even for the parts where some charges were acquitted on legal grounds." Prosecutor Han led the investigation into the allegations against former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's family in 2019 as the head of the Anti-Corruption and Violent Crimes Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

On the same day, immediately after the second trial sentencing of Professor Jeong, Prosecutor Han released a statement saying, "Despite absurd distortions and unfair attacks, a guilty verdict with a four-year prison sentence was handed down in the appellate court following the first trial." He added, "There have been unfair attacks on the investigation team over the past two years. As always, including myself, the investigation team will do what needs to be done until the end, even if there are difficulties."

Prosecutor Han also said, "Kim Ui-gyeom, a member of the Open Democratic Party, made a public statement criticizing the investigation team as if former Minister Cho had heard apologies from members of the investigation team. If such an event 'really' happened, I hope it will be disclosed 'as it is'." Earlier, on the previous day’s YTN radio, Representative Kim claimed, citing conversations with former Minister Cho, that "two members of Prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl's team consecutively called former Minister Cho to express their apologies." Representative Kim was present in the courtroom during Professor Jeong's trial and witnessed the sentencing moment.

On the same day, the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1-2 (Presiding Judge Eom Sang-pil) found Professor Jeong guilty of all charges related to admission fraud, and mostly guilty of charges related to private equity funds and evidence tampering, sentencing her to four years in prison and a fine of 50 million won. Additionally, a confiscation order of 10.61 million won was issued. The court criticized in its sentencing rationale, "The defendant undermined our society's trust in the fairness of the admission system and the order of the securities market."

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