"Perpetrator Who Coerced Victim After 'Consensual' Sex... Prosecution Files Additional Charges"

Daegum, 5 Outstanding Cases of Public Trials Selected... Strict Response to 'Perjury' During Trials

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The Changwon District Prosecutors' Office trial division, which uncovered the fact that a sexual violence defendant bribed the victim to give false testimony, was selected as an exemplary trial case in August.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced on the 20th that it selected five exemplary trial cases from prosecution offices nationwide, including Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office, Changwon District Prosecutors' Office, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, and Incheon District Prosecutors' Office.

The Changwon District Prosecutors' Office trial division (Chief Prosecutor Lee Dong-won) revealed during the appellate stage that the sexual violence defendant bribed the victim with 40 million KRW to falsely testify that they had consensual sexual relations, and additionally indicted the defendant for subornation of perjury.

The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office trial division (Chief Prosecutor Gong Jun-hyuk) uncovered the defendant's perjury crime, who was arrested for embezzling a total of 28.3 billion KRW from about 3,700 victims and gave false testimony in the trial of an accomplice, causing the victims to suffer twice, and filed a consolidated indictment.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Trial Division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Hyun-ah) overturned the first trial's not guilty verdict in an appeal of a fraud case by revealing through analysis of the UK Foreign Office registry and Google searches that the defendants deceived the court by presenting fake companies and fictitious employees, leading to a guilty verdict in the appellate court.

The Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office trial division (Chief Prosecutor Kwon Na-won) secured a guilty verdict by further analyzing ship coordinates after a captain who illegally caught marine resources gave false testimony in court using fishermen's specialized knowledge and terminology.

The Incheon District Prosecutors' Office Trial Division 1 (Chief Prosecutor Kim Jae-nam) overturned the first trial's not guilty verdict in an appeal by revealing through witness examination of the substitute driver that the defendant's claim that "the substitute driver abandoned the car on the road and drove it to the parking lot" did not constitute emergency necessity, thus securing a guilty verdict.

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