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Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong, the leader of the business world, embezzled the money by giving bribes worth 8.6 billion won to former President Park Geun-hye. The final sentence is two years and six months in prison. This was less than the judgment for SME builder bribery cases. Among the nine general newspapers on the morning of the 19th across the country, few media asked for it.
On the 18th, the Seoul High Court Criminal Division 1 (Deputy Judge Jung Joon-young) of the Destruction Recall Court sentenced him to two years and June in prison after acknowledging charges such as bribery and embezzlement from Vice President Lee. Choi Ji-sung, former head of the Office of Future Strategy and former deputy head of the Office of Future Strategy, Jang Choong-ki, were also sentenced to the same sentence. Former Samsung Electronics president Park Sang-jin and Hwang Seong-soo, former Samsung Electronics CEO, were sentenced to four years probation in June from two years in prison.
Taking into account the amount of bribery and embezzlement and the status of the bribery and donors, the sentence was less than that of ordinary SME bribery cases. In 2013, the Ulsan District Law convicted a supplier representative who provided bribes of approximately 91 million won to the manager of the Korea Nuclear and Hydroelectric Power Plant and sentenced him to two years and June in prison. The Daejeon High Court sentenced an employee of a large telecommunications company accused of bribing a Gas Safety Corporation official in February of 9 billion won to three years in prison.
In July last year, Busan District Law ordered a business lobby for bombs in three district offices in Busan, and sentenced a contractor who gave a 5 million won bribe to a public official to two years in prison. In the embezzlement case, a Samsung C&T accountant who embezzled company funds of more than 1 billion won was sentenced to a hefty 4-year prison sentence in 2016.
The Kyunghyang Shinmun criticized civil society groups saying that “the sentence was very insufficient compared to the sentence of the crime and the special prosecutors”, or “this sentence was to maintain the status quo and the judiciary itself destroyed justice with an opportunistic glitch that was quickly noticed.
‘Grim economy’ ‘What about survival competition?’
Most of the media were more concerned about Samsung’s business crisis. “Samsung, large-scale investment and disruption in mergers and acquisitions … Concerns about declining competitiveness of future new businesses” (Seoul Newspaper), “Large-scale investment stops like four years ago, but Samsung and Watch Zero ”(JoongAng Ilbo).
All the major economic magazines published exaggerated reports to the effect that the Samsung crisis leads to the national economic crisis. “Additionally … Samsung’s global strategy without a ‘leader’ has also stopped” (Money Today), “The competition for survival is fierce … Total headlessness Samsung’Clock Zero ‘” (Daily Economy), ” Lee Jae-yong legally restricted … Samsung also “total emergency absence” (Korea Economy).
The Dong-A Ilbo said: “Samsung is again in panic over the ‘absence of the general manager’ … In an article titled ‘Who is leading the semiconductor war?’, Samsung said:” The worst scenario has been done reality. “” The new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in the absence of the total number, the semiconductor war of hegemony and the conflict between the United States and China must be overcome. Because I do. “
JoongAng Ilbo said: “The time to worry about new technologies is increasingly important, and the absence of this vice president may cause Samsung to miss the opportunity.” “I am concerned that Samsung’s innovation will slow down. I cannot guarantee that Samsung will not follow in the footsteps of Sony, which once crashed,” said Sohn Wook, former director of the Samsung Institute for Advanced Technology.
KAIST professor Lee Byung-tae told JoongAng Ilbo: “The digital economy has advanced more than 10 years due to the aftermath of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and China’s will for ‘semiconductor independence ‘is strong due to the trade conflict between the United States and China. At this time, the restraint of the owner, who must make important decisions, can harm the company ”.
On the other hand, Hankyoreh noted that “even when Vice President Lee was jailed from February 2017 to February 2018, concerns about an administrative vacuum were raised as a result.” “In particular, this year, the shortage of semiconductors in electric vehicles and the global ‘semiconductor supercycle’ is expected, and business conditions are very good,” citing one expert’s comment that there will be little management gap, saying that the total number will be stopped.
President Amnesty Sun Geun
President Moon Jae-in drew a line at the New Year’s press conference at Cheongwadae Chunchu Hall on the 18th, saying, “Now is not the time to talk about the forgiveness of (former Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye) “.
President Moon said: “I think the common sense of the people will not tolerate the measure to demand amnesty in the face of denying the mistakes of the past and not recognizing the outcome of the trial, and it is difficult for me to accept it,” he said. “A consensus must be formed.” He emphasized.
He also told Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol, “I am just saying that I am the attorney general of Moon Jae-in’s government.” Furthermore, with the passport doubting the political intent of the inspection and investigation of the Wolseong nuclear power plant by the auditor and prosecutors, President Moon drew a line that said, “I think it is not a political purpose.”
The Kookmin Daily said: “While the proposal by President Lee, the ruling party’s presidential candidate, was rejected, Yoon, who had been classified as a candidate for the opposition presidential election, was defined as a ‘person from the Moon administration Jae-in ‘. There are also observations on whether there is a ripple in the composition of the great sphere. “
“Suspicious of ‘Kim Bong-Hyun Hospitality Suspicion’
On the 19th, Kyunghyang Shinmun said, “The four former and current prosecutors who were involved in the suspicion that they received alcohol from former Star Mobility chairman Kim Bong-hyun, who was involved in the Lime Asset Management (Lime) case, confirmed who replaced their cell phones just before the prosecution’s investigation began in earnest. It’s done, “he reported.
On October 17 last year, a prosecutor and an investigating prosecutor reportedly opened a new cell phone accused of violating the law of illegal solicitation. Two other prosecutors who suspected they drank together also switched cell phones on October 24 and 25, respectively. The Kyunghyang Shinmun noted that “the seizure and search by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office was carried out after the replacement of their mobile phones and they failed to obtain key physical evidence.” One of these two prosecutors destroyed the conversation history of the messenger Epros and part of his diary, and the other replaced his work computer.
Segye Ilbo reported that President Kim disclosed the case to the media and reported it to the National Rights Commission, but the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office was in charge of the investigation. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office is scheduled to call Kim on the 19th for a related investigation.
Segye Ilbo noted that “controversy is expected in which the prosecution, which had been criticized for a poor investigation in relation to the suspicion of hospitality of the prosecutors, will re-investigate the same public interest report before the launch of the criminal investigation office of senior public officials (airport) “.
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