Former National Intelligence Service Director Won Se-hoon to be Released on Parole on the 14th
Former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Won Se-hoon (72), who is serving a sentence for manipulating online comments related to the NIS, will be released on parole on the 14th.
According to the legal community on the 7th, the Ministry of Justice held a Liberation Day parole review committee meeting and decided to grant parole to former Director Won. At the closed-door meeting, former Director Won's correctional performance and risk of recidivism were comprehensively evaluated, resulting in a determination of parole eligibility.
Former National Intelligence Service Director Won Se-hoon. Photo by Asia Economy DB
View original imageIt is also known that former Director Won's age, being over 70, influenced the committee's decision.
Former Director Won received a reduction of half of his remaining sentence during the recent New Year's special pardon, shortening his sentence to 7 years. By passing the parole review on this day, he will be released from Anyang Prison with 2 years and 10 months remaining on his sentence.
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Former Director Won was indicted for conducting 'comment manipulation' ahead of the 2012 presidential election and was sentenced to 4 years in prison in April 2018. In September 2021, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison and 7 years of disqualification in a retrial for operating a civilian comment squad using NIS funds and for delivering 200 million won in special activity funds to former President Lee Myung-bak and others. He later gave up further appeals, and the sentence was finalized two months later. Former Director Won had previously been sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for personal corruption charges involving receiving bribes worth hundreds of millions of won from a construction businessman, serving his sentence and being released upon completion. The total confirmed sentence he received amounted to 14 years and 2 months in prison.
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