Court Sends Acquaintance Who Disposed of 'Yoo Dong-gyu's Phone' to Formal Trial

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] An acquaintance who was summarily indicted on charges of disposing of the mobile phone of former Seongnam Urban Development Corporation Planning Director Yoo Dong-gyu during the investigation into lobbying and preferential treatment allegations in the Daejang-dong development project will face a formal trial.

According to the court on the 27th, Judge Kim Taek-seong of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 2 recently referred Mr. A, who was indicted on charges of evidence destruction, to a formal trial. The formal trial will be presided over by Chief Judge Joo Jin-am of the same court's Criminal Division 15.

A summary order is a simplified procedure that imposes penalties such as fines, fees, or confiscation without a formal trial when the charges are relatively minor. The summary order court can transfer the case to a formal trial ex officio.

Mr. A is accused of damaging a mobile phone he had previously kept after receiving contact from former Director Yoo just before the prosecution searched Yoo’s residence in September last year. Former Director Yoo has also been additionally indicted on charges of instructing this act.

Meanwhile, the mobile phone that former Director Yoo threw out of the officetel window during the search was a different model from the aforementioned phone, and Mr. B, who retrieved it, returned it to the police.

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