Former Director of Nanumui Jip Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Fraudulent Receipt of Donations

Former director An Shinkwon of Nanum-ui Jip, who was prosecuted for illegally receiving sponsorship funds, has been confirmed guilty.

Supreme Court building.

The Supreme Court's 2nd Division (Presiding Justice Lee Dongwon) upheld the previous sentence of 2 years imprisonment on the 15th in the appeal trial for An's violation of the Local Finance Act and other charges.

An was prosecuted for illegally receiving employee salary subsidies of 51 million KRW, nursing care support funds of 160 million KRW, and curator support funds of 29 million KRW provided to Nanum-ui Jip, a support facility for Japanese military comfort women victims, from June 2012 to February 2020.

He was also charged with forging donation agreements of comfort women victims who died while residing at the facility and transferring about 60 million KRW of inheritance to the facility's account, as well as collecting donations from 2005 to 2019 without registering with relevant authorities.

The first trial court pointed out that "the public interest purpose of support for comfort women victims was undermined and public trust was betrayed," sentencing him to 2 years and 6 months imprisonment.

The appellate court reduced the sentence to 2 years imprisonment, considering that some of the charges were time-barred and that An had returned a significant portion of the damages. The Supreme Court also agreed with the second trial's judgment.

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