The sword of the country broke again … 檢 he couldn’t laugh even though his brother from the fatherland was guilty

Cho, a former Justice Minister Jokook, who attended the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office in a wheelchair last October. [연합뉴스]

Cho Kook (55), younger brother of former Justice Minister Jomo (53), was sentenced to a surcharge of 147 million won for one year in prison on the 18th, charged with labor corruption and judicial fraud. This is the second trial of the judiciary (first trial) on the family of the homeland that was prosecuted by the prosecution after the nephew of Cho’s fifth son, Cho Bum-dong (37, four years in prison).

After sentencing, the court canceled Mr. Cho’s bail and immediately arrested him. However, the prosecution could not laugh at the conviction of that day. This is because the indictment was much less than the sentence of the prosecution for 6 years, and all other charges (false trials, destruction of evidence, denial, etc.) among the charges brought by the prosecutors were innocent.

The atmosphere was similar to when the court convicted Mr. Cho in the first trial in Jobeom-dong in June and did not admit the “suspicion of consolidation of power” with the homeland couple. In particular, all of them were innocent of the false trial charges at Woongdong Academy that raised the problem of the morality of the homeland family.

The 21st Division of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Settlement (Judge Kim Mi-ri), Mr. Cho’s first trial, said: “We cannot rule out the possibility that Woongdong Academy construction bonds, which the The prosecution affirmed that they were false, be true. The prosecution said: “It is an unconvincing decision that it is not a false claim even though the actual construction has not taken place.”

The prosecution could not laugh despite the court’s conviction against Cho’s younger brother. The photo shows the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu. [뉴스1]

The prosecution admitted the irregularities in the hiring of Mr. Cho in the court ruling and rebelled even more strongly against the sentence. This is because Mr. Cho’s sentence (one year in prison) was less than or equal to that of his accomplices (Mr. Park, one year and June, and Mr. Jo, one year) who were tried by other courts . These are more an accessory that played an intermediate role in contracting corruption under Mr. Cho’s leadership.

Mr. Cho’s court said: “In the case of the accomplices, both were convicted of obstruction of employment related to labor irregularities and compensation, but because Mr. Cho was innocent in restitution compensation.” Cho’s judiciary is also in charge of the accusations of the prosecution of Yoo Jae-soo by former minister Cho and the corruption of the father and son entrance examination. That is why the prosecution cannot simply accept the sentence.

The only charge the court has convicted of Mr. Cho is Woong Dong-jung’s labor corruption. This case was reported by a media report in August last year and an investigation was launched. Cho, who was the general secretary of Woongdong Academy, was accused of handing over the exam questions and answer sheets to two social teachers at Woongdong Middle School from 2016 to 2017 and receiving 180 million won.

Like his accomplices, prosecutors filed charges of interfering with the job of hiring teachers at Woongdong Academy and reconsidering the crime. Cho’s court admitted only interfering with business. On the other hand, the accomplice’s judge found both charges guilty.

Woongdong-jung’s appearance during the prosecution’s seizure and search of Woongdong Academy in August.[뉴시스]

The Cho judiciary affirmed the law that Mr. Cho was the secretary general, who was not in charge of the hiring of teachers, so the Supreme Court jurisprudence could not apply to the lawsuit. Delegated delivery applies when a person handling someone else’s affairs receives an illegal solicitation for the business and gains property gains. Mr. Cho insists that he is not a “person who handles teacher recruitment matters.”

However, a former attorney for the prosecutor criticized it as “a mechanical trial that did not take into account Mr. Cho’s position in a school run by the family of the homeland.” The prosecution also noted that Mr. Cho’s monetary gains were much greater than those of his accomplices.

The court ruled that all billions of million worth of false claims charges against Mr. Cho’s Woongdong Academy construction bonds were all innocent. In the case of false judgments, the judgment of the court and the indictment on Mr. Cho’s accounts receivable for construction costs had a decisive influence.

The prosecution referred to Mr. Cho’s bond as “completely false” with no basis for construction, and the judge said, “The possibility that the bond is true cannot be ruled out.” On the premise that the bonds were false, the prosecution applied charges of denunciation and evasion of execution. However, the court did not admit that the bonds were false and did not accept the fact that Woongdong Academy was damaged.

Former Justice Minister Cho Kook was present at the trial on the 11th. Former Minister Cho stated that after the younger brother’s sentence, the prosecution conducted a low-profile investigation into the family. [연합뉴스]

The judiciary even used the expression “It cannot be said that there is any damage in Woongdong Academy” and raised Mr. Cho’s hand. Attorney Jang Hee-jin (Jeum Law Firm) said: “As long as the court finds that Mr. Cho’s claims are not false, all claims of the prosecution will be rejected.”

The court also pleaded not guilty to the charges that Mr. Cho taught his youth to destroy evidence, saying: “Mr. Cho is an accomplice who erased his evidence with his youth.” The charge of destroying one’s own evidence is not a crime under current law. The prosecution responded with embarrassment, saying, “If it weren’t for Mr. Cho’s instructions, why would the youths have helped destroy Mr. Cho’s evidence?”

The reason the prosecution is tense in the face of Cho’s judge’s judgment is that the head judge, Kim Mi-ri, is also in charge of the prosecution of Cho’s prosecutor’s mother, Jae-soo Yoo, and the case. corruption in the entrance exam by the mother and father. A lawyer who was a former vice-president judge said: “The prosecution reacts sensitively to which judge makes a decision in such a famous case.” Deputy Judge Kim also appeared to directly refute the prosecution’s claims during the prosecution’s trial against Yoo Jae-soo.

The image of former Minister Cho’s younger brother who left the Seoul detention center after the arrest warrant was dismissed in the first arrest warrant review in October last year. Cho was later arrested through a second warrant review. [뉴스1]

After the ruling, former Minister Cho said on Facebook: “After becoming a candidate for Minister of Justice, a low-income (prosecutor) investigation was conducted on all family members and the younger brother’s corruption was discovered. “. As a civil servant, I really apologize to the people. ”

Reporter Park Tae-in [email protected]