[Breaking] Court Rules "No Evidentiary Value for Electronic Data Extracted from Jang Chung-gi's Mobile Phone"

On the 5th, during the first trial sentencing hearing for Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and others, who were indicted for violations of the Capital Markets Act and the External Audit Act during the merger process of Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries, the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 25-2 (Presiding Judges Park Jeong-je, Ji Gwi-yeon, Park Jeong-gil) stated, "The electronically selected information from defendant Jang Chung-gi's mobile phone was obtained in serious violation of the warrant procedure and therefore lacks evidentiary value."

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