Prosecution Indicts Former Special Prosecutor Park Young-soo Without Detention for Receiving Porsche Support from 'Fake Fisheries Businessman'

Three Current Prosecutors and Journalists Also Indicted for Violating the Anti-Graft Act

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] Former special prosecutor Park Young-soo, who investigated the Park Geun-hye administration’s ‘state affairs manipulation case,’ has been indicted on charges of receiving support such as a Porsche rental car from a ‘fake seafood businessman’ (violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act).

The Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Soo-min) indicted former special prosecutor Park without detention on the 14th for violating the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act. A current prosecutor and journalists involved in the case were also brought to trial. Former lawmaker Kim Moo-sung and another journalist were not prosecuted due to insufficient evidence to prove the charges.

Former special prosecutor Park is accused of receiving a Porsche rental car worth approximately 2.5 million KRW free of charge and seafood worth about 860,000 KRW three times from Kim (44, currently serving a sentence), who impersonated a seafood businessman, totaling about 3.36 million KRW. Under the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, the offense is established if a person receives or demands money or valuables exceeding 1 million KRW per occasion or 3 million KRW in total per fiscal year from the same individual.

In July last year, former special prosecutor Park submitted a ‘fact confirmation letter’ from Kim to the prosecution, claiming that the vehicle usage fee was delivered to Kim through a third party; however, the investigation revealed that this confirmation letter was false.

The prosecution also indicted without detention current deputy chief prosecutor A, former daily newspaper editorial writer B, and former broadcasting anchor C. A is accused of receiving Porsche and Carnival rental cars free of charge from 2020 to 2021, seafood worth about 2.2 million KRW, and dance and vocal academy tuition fees for children worth about 5.79 million KRW, totaling approximately 8.49 million KRW.

B received golf clubs and seafood worth a total of about 3.57 million KRW in 2020, and C was investigated to have received entertainment, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, K7 vehicles, and seafood worth about 9.42 million KRW from 2019 to 2020. The fake seafood businessman Kim was also re-indicted on charges of providing valuables worth about 30.19 million KRW to these five individuals.

Kim was indicted for deceiving seven people by claiming that ‘investing in frozen squid (caught and immediately frozen on the boat) can yield 3 to 4 times the profit within a few months,’ and was sentenced to seven years in prison, confirmed in July this year.

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