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In connection with the alleged ownership of Das, an auto parts maker, a 17-year imprisonment for former president Lee Myung-bak, who was brought to trial for embezzlement of company funds after receiving a large bribe from Samsung He said: “The trick didn’t work.” High.
On the 29th, when he posted an article about the Supreme Court ruling against Lee on his Facebook page, he wrote:
At the same time, Representative Jung also wrote, “I know because I have been in prison, but it is the most difficult and painful thing to get up and go back into prison” and “(yet) what to do, to be healthy.”
Furthermore, Representative Chung emphasized that “there are no exceptions to the equality of the law, which is humanly unfortunate in the elderly, but no one can avoid it.”
Previously, the second section of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Park Sang-ok) upheld the original court ruling, which sentenced to 17 years in prison, a fine of 13 billion won, and an additional fine of 5.78 billion won. won on the appeal of the former president, who was charged with bribery under the Severe Punishment Act for certain crimes. .
The court dismissed both the former president and the prosecution’s appeals, saying: “There is no error in the lower court’s conclusion on the embezzlement or bribery charges.” As in the first and second trials, the court recognized the beneficial owner of the dozen as a former president. With this, the ‘Dozen Real Owners Controversy’ ended, which raged for more than 10 years since 2007, when Lee was the 17th presidential candidate.
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Former President Lee has been tried for embezzling approximately 34.9 billion won in dozens of money and accepting bribes of about 16.3 billion won in total, including about 11.9 billion won in lawsuits. Americans paid by Samsung Electronics. At the time of the arrest indictment in April 2018, only 16 charges were applied, including bribery, embezzlement and loss of government.
The first trial admitted most of the indictment and he was convicted on charges of bribery of 8.5 billion won and embezzlement of 24.6 billion won, and sentenced to 15 years in prison, fine of 13 billion won, and additional fine. of 8.2 billion won.
At the time, the first court of first instance said: “It is fully recognized that the defendant is a dozen beneficial owners.” In addition, Dozen’s US litigation expenses paid by Samsung were also treated as a “payment” bribe for the pardon of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
Additionally, while the broad framework of the court trial was maintained, the amount of the bribery charges increased by 800 million won to 9.4 billion won from the first trial, and the sentence was increased by two years. The number of dozens of embezzlements also increased by 500 million won to 25.2 billion won.
The Supreme Court also dismissed the case in which former President Lee again appealed in objection to the court’s decision to cancel the bond. This decision is the first case in which the new appeal by the higher court against the decision to cancel the bond has no effect on the stay of execution.
Earlier, former President Lee filed an appeal against bail cancellation when he was arrested in court after being sentenced to a second trial while receiving the bail permit.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, which prosecuted the former president, decides to carry out a sentence for the former president on the 2nd of the following month and is again incarcerated in the East Seoul Detention Center.
After the sentence was confirmed, former President Lee issued a statement through the attorneys, saying: “The rule of law has collapsed. “I am concerned about the future of the country.” “I came to trial because of the expectation that the judiciary would be the last bastion of liberal democracy. But the Supreme Court was neither fair nor fair. “/ Reporter Kim Kyung-hoon [email protected]
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