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Special Prosecutor requests comparison of sentence with other cases of bribery
The possibility of a mid-term evaluation of the professional psychology of the Samsung Compliance Committee
Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong will enter the Seoul High Court in Seocho-dong, where a trial for the repatriation of the ‘Gukjeong Nongdan’ case will be held on the 9th. / Reporter Moon Ho-nam munonam @
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On the 23rd, the vice president’s trial for the destruction and repatriation of Gukjeong Nongdan is held. This trial will hold trial hearings related to the sentencing, but a mid-term evaluation from Samsung’s Compliance Monitoring Committee may come out, predicting a fierce battle between Vice President Lee and the side of the special counsel.
The Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1 (Judge Jung Joon-young) will hold a follow-up trial for Vice President Lee, who was charged with bribery and other charges at 2:05 p.m. This is the second trial since the recent one started again. Since it is a formal hearing, Vice President Lee, the defendant, must appear in court.
The court is expected to carry out a declaratory investigation into the sentence after updating the trial procedure that day. While the trial was suspended, the members of the judiciary were changed and the trial procedure was updated. This is because Park Young-soo’s special inspection team (special prosecutors) requested that the declaratory investigation be conducted again.
The special prosecutor’s office said at the trial on the 9th that Vice President Lee’s sentence for an appeal before destruction was lower than in other bribery cases. The special counsel’s office announced that it would compare the four cases, including the case of Jo Hee-pal, with the case of Lee’s side in the trial to be held that day. Vice President Lee was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and 4 years of probation at the appeal hearing. However, the integral organ of the Supreme Court destroyed and repatriated some bribes that it considered innocent in August of last year.
Consequently, Vice President Lee is refuting that the context of Hee-pal Jo’s case and Lee’s case is completely different. Vice President Lee’s attorney refuted in the latest trial with the intention that “unlike other bribery cases, it was difficult to turn down due to coercion from former President Park Geun-hye, and was a donation for sports and cultural development. , not for personal gain. ” .
In this trial, there is the possibility that some of the opinions of the professional judges of the Compliance Committee may be made known. The criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the Compliance Committee are known to include 10 areas suggested by Vice President Lee Jae-yong and 5 areas suggested by the side of special prosecutors.
Vice President Lee Jae-yong presented 10 items of evaluation, including ▲ compliance with the duty of care to prevent and detect misconduct ▲ roles and responsibilities of the Compliance Committee ▲ provision of regular and practical information ▲ elimination of important positions involved in illegal activities.
The special prosecutors presented five items, such as ▲ whether it is possible to prevent crimes from the total number of companies ▲ willingness to comply with issues related to the succession work, such as the revision of the insurance industry law ▲ the budget of the organizational compliance and independence.
The court announced on the 30th that it would hear the opinions of the expert hearing panel in a trial. However, the expert hearing panel also held an interview with the Compliance Committee last week, including Chairman Kim Ji-hyung.
In particular, it is known that former constitutional judge Kang Il-won, one of the three members, recently submitted an opinion to the court. However, Judge Kang’s opinion may contain an opinion on the evaluation procedure or method rather than the Compliance Committee’s evaluation.
Reporter Ki-min Lee [email protected]
