'Admission Fraud Involving Children' Jeong Gyeong-sim Paroled on the 27th

Jeong Gyeong-sim, former professor at Dongyang University, who is serving a prison sentence for charges including admission fraud involving her children, will be released on parole.

Jung Kyung-shim, wife of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, who was indicted on charges of admission fraud and private equity fund suspicions, is attending the first trial's closing arguments held on December 23, 2020, at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

According to the legal community on the 20th, the Ministry of Justice granted Jeong parole eligibility through the regular parole review committee. Jeong is scheduled to be released on the 27th.

Previously, Jeong was prosecuted for forging a certificate of commendation from Dongyang University for her daughter, Cho Min (32), and exerting undue influence on her daughter's admission. In January last year, the Supreme Court confirmed a four-year prison sentence.

In February, she was found guilty in the first trial related to her son's admission fraud and received an additional one-year sentence, but since the appeal trial is ongoing, the sentence has not been finalized.

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