Vice Chairman Jeong Tae-young's Sister Found Not Guilty Again in Second Trial

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The Seoul Eastern District Court Criminal Appeal Division 1-3 (Presiding Judge Kim Seong-hoon) on the 16th acquitted Jung Eun-mi, the sister of Hyundai Card Vice Chairman Jung Tae-young, of the charge of seal forgery, as in the first trial. Jung was indicted on charges including obstruction of official duties by deception.

The incident dates back to November 2020. Jung was accused of arbitrarily producing and submitting a seal through an architect without the consent of her brother, Vice Chairman Jung Tae-young, who was a co-owner, during the application process for changing the use of a house located in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The investigation began following a complaint filed by Vice Chairman Jung.

On November last year, Judge Park Kang-min of the Eastern District Court Criminal Division 6, who presided over the first trial, acquitted Jung, finding no intent on her part. The court cited as grounds for acquittal that the architect did not inform the defendant about the necessity of the seal of the other co-owner or the preparation of a power of attorney.

During the trial, Jung expressed regret over the administrative confusion caused by the architect's mistake but criticized her brother, who filed a criminal complaint against her despite her managing their parents' house where they had lived for 50 years alone and nursing their mother. She requested the court's fair judgment, questioning whether this complaint was an unjust pressure from a person with social power.

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