'Misappropriation of Donations to Jeonguiyeon' Yoon Mee-hyang's Appeal Trial Sentencing on September 20

The second trial result for Yoon Mi-hyang, an independent lawmaker (former director of Justice and Memory Solidarity) who was indicted on charges of embezzling donations from Justice and Memory Solidarity (Jeonguiyeon) for personal use, will be announced on September 20.

Independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang Photo by Yonhap News

The Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1-3 (Presiding Judges Seo Kyung-hwan, Han Chang-hoon, Kim Woo-jin) stated on the 24th during Yoon's appeal trial, "The sentencing date has been tentatively set considering the Chuseok holiday."

Yoon was indicted without detention in September 2020 on charges including embezzlement of 103.5 million KRW, which she arbitrarily used from the corporate and personal accounts of Jeongdaehyeop (Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, the predecessor of Justice and Memory Solidarity) between 2011 and 2020. The first trial court recognized only the embezzlement of 17.18 million KRW as guilty and sentenced her to a fine of 15 million KRW.

She was also charged with collecting more than 10 million KRW from unspecified individuals without registration with the competent authority and with exploiting the mental and physical disability of the late grandmother Gil Won-ok to donate 50 million KRW out of a 100 million KRW women's human rights award prize, but she was acquitted of these charges.

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