Jeong Gyeong-sim Parole Denied... Jo Hyun-oh Former Police Chief Released
Jeong Gyeong-sim, former Dongyang University professor who is serving a prison sentence after being convicted of charges including admission fraud involving her children, underwent a parole review but did not pass.
According to the legal community on the 19th, the Ministry of Justice held a regular parole review committee the day before and assessed Jeong’s eligibility for parole but ruled her ineligible.
Jeong was indicted on charges including forgery of a Dongyang University certificate for her daughter Cho Min and exerting undue influence on her daughter's admission (obstruction of business, etc.). In January last year, the Supreme Court confirmed a four-year prison sentence, which she is currently serving. In February, she was found guilty in the first trial related to her son’s admission fraud and received an additional one-year sentence. However, the second trial is ongoing, so the sentence has not been finalized.
Under current law, those sentenced to imprisonment with labor are eligible for parole after serving one-third of their sentence. Based on a four-year sentence, Jeong is scheduled for full release in June 2024.
Earlier, in May, the Ministry of Justice granted parole to Cho Beom-dong, the fifth cousin of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, and his younger brother Cho Gwon. With their parole, Jeong remains the only member of the Cho family currently incarcerated. Jeong’s daughter Cho Min and son Cho Won are under prosecution investigation related to their own admission fraud cases.
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The Ministry of Justice granted parole eligibility to former National Police Agency Commissioner Cho Hyun-oh, who was reviewed alongside Jeong. Cho served as Seoul Police Commissioner and National Police Commissioner from 2010 to 2012 during the Lee Myung-bak administration. He was convicted last June of abuse of authority and obstruction of rights for directing the police organization to write government-friendly articles on issues such as the Cheonan sinking and Yeonpyeong Island shelling, and has been serving a one year and six months sentence. Cho is scheduled to be released on the 28th.
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