Criticism of the deceased “the best elite of the motherland couple” Cho Bum-dong 2nd trial, 1st trial decision

Cho Bum-dong, the fifth nephew of former Justice Minister Cho Kook, was under investigation by the prosecution last year. [연합뉴스]

Cho Guk’s fifth nephew from the first appeal trial of former Justice Minister Cho Bum-dong on the 9th. The prosecution harshly criticized the first ruling of the trial that sentenced Cho to four years in prison in June.

The first trial court (Judge So Byung-Seok) admitted most of the charges against Mr. Cho, but rejected the prosecution’s claim that he committed a crime of conflict of power with his homeland partner, saying: ” No test”.

The prosecution said that day, “(The first ruling of the trial) ignored the parasitic crime of power and applied a separate standard only to the defendant and Professor Chung Kyung-sim.” “Professor Kyung-Shim Chung and his wife, the homeland, are the best elites in our society,” he argued. “After the homeland was appointed top official, Mr. Cho and Professor Chung pursued illegal and unfair personal interests by abusing public authority.”

Mr. Cho, as well as Professor Jeong and former Minister Cho, flatly denied the claims of the prosecution. Rather, Professor Jeong’s lawyers say that Professor Jeong is closer to Mr. Cho’s “victim.” The prosecution again referred to the controversial ‘Gangnam Building’ at the first trial, saying: “Professor Jeong’s attempt to hand over the Gangnam Building to his children served as a motive for the crime.”

Former Justice Minister Cho Kook attended the hearing held at the Seoul Central District Court last month to answer questions from journalists. [뉴스1]

The prosecution emphasized that from the first day of the appeal trial, the cohesion between Cho and the national couple must be recognized in relation to the alleged corruption of private equity funds. The first trial criticized by the prosecution did not recognize this “consistency” and judged it as a single offense of Mr. Cho. Just because of the alleged destruction of evidence, Mr. Cho and Professor Jeong admitted the conspiracy.

The ruling at that time was a significant blow to the prosecution, which carried out a large-scale investigation into the family of the country under the premise of power-type corruption. Former Minister Cho raised his voice by initiating a full-blown lawsuit against the media after Cho’s ruling on the first trial.

Professor Kyung-Shim Chung from Dongyang University will attend a trial held at the Seoul Central District Court on the 3rd. [뉴스1]

In response to the prosecution’s assertion, Mr. Cho’s defense team denied a large part of the embezzlement and fraudulent fraudulent transaction charges recognized in the first trial, saying: “The human rights of the accused are more important than any other. thing”. In addition, Mr. Cho asked for some of the statements he made in the prosecution investigation after his arrest, saying, “It is difficult to be investigated in a state of detention” and asked, “Even if the statement was reversed in court. Please observe the objective circumstances. ”

Cho’s appeal trial is being handled by Judge Koo Ja-Heon, Vice President of the 11th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court. The prosecution said it would request a witness for Professor Chung, who is being tried in another court, including in Cho’s appeal trial. Cho’s next test will take place on October 7.

Reporter Park Tae-in [email protected]