[속보] Lee Hwa-young was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in jail within the first trial…

Lee Hwa-young, former Vice Governor of the Gyeonggi Peace Division. /gyeonggi-dean

Lee Hwa-young, the previous vice governor of Gyeonggi Province, who was concerned within the Ssangbangwool Group’s unlawful switch of $8 million to North Korea and obtained tons of of tens of millions of gained in bribes from Ssangbangwool, sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in jail. , a positive of 250 million was gained, and a positive of 325 million was gained on the seventh. The primary trial verdict got here one 12 months and eight months after the prosecutor’s arrest and conviction on October 14, 2022.

This afternoon, the Legal Division of Suwon District Court docket 11 (Chief Decide Shin Jin-woo) held a sentencing listening to for former Vice Governor Lee in instances of bribery, violation of the Political Funds Act, violation of the Overseas Trade Transactions Act, and promote destruction. witness, and made the next sentence. As well as, Ssangbangwool Vice Chairman Bang Yong-cheol, who was charged with corruption, was sentenced to 2 years in jail and three years of probation. Beforehand, the prosecution sought 15 years in jail, a positive of 1 billion gained, and a further positive of 334 million gained for former Deputy Governor Lee, and a pair of years and 6 months in jail for Vice Chairman Bang.

Former Vice Governor Lee was accused of transferring $3 million in bills for the governor’s journey to North Korea and $5 million in bills for the North Korean sensible farming mission to North Korea on behalf of Ssangbangul-i in 2019, when Lee Jae-myung, chief of the Democratic Occasion of Korea, was the governor of Gyeonggi Province. The prosecutors believed that Kim Seong-tae, the previous chairman of Ssangbangwool Group, who had an extended relationship with former vice-governor Lee, gave $8 million to North Korea on behalf of Gyeonggi-do on the request former vice-governor Lee. in change for ‘Gyeonggi-do gives main enterprise alternatives for North Korean initiatives.’

Former Vice Governor Lee additionally obtained company playing cards and automobiles from Ssangbangwool whereas he was Vice Governor of Gyeonggi Province and CEO of KINTEX, an affiliated group in Gyeonggi Province, and his shut associates paid for it. ​​​false wage million gained in political cash (259 million gained in bribes).

Relating to Ssangbangwool’s cash to North Korea, the court docket mentioned, “The defendant conspired with Bang Yong-cheol and others to induce officers and staff of the Ssangbangwool Group to pay​​​​ for the price of Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myeong’s journey to North Korea on the time, and despatched USD 2.3 million price of it overseas with out informing the top of the customs workplace that he “violated the Commerce Transactions Act” Overseas,” he mentioned.

Nonetheless, relating to the export of overseas forex to China by way of the overseas change and the fee to the Employees’ Occasion of North Korea by way of North Korean brokers, the court docket discovered him not responsible, saying that he didn’t need to to see that he had actually seen it. paid or meant to be paid to the Employees’ Occasion of Korea.

The court docket additionally mentioned, “The defendant, in live performance with Bang Yong-cheol and others, superior the executives and staff of the Ssangbangwool Group to pay for sensible farms in Gyeonggi-do and despatched USD 1.64 million price of it overseas with out informing him. head of the competent customs workplace, violating the Overseas Trade Transactions Act “That is acknowledged,” he mentioned. On this half, he was additionally discovered not responsible of bribery or fee to​​​​ Korean Employees Occasion.

The court docket mentioned former Vice Governor Lee’s bribery fees have been additionally recognized based mostly on the statements of Ssangbangwool officers and staff, particulars of bank card utilization, and paperwork inside Gyeonggi Province. Nonetheless, he was discovered not responsible, saying that the half by which he was given a company card and a company automobile throughout his tenure as CEO of KINTEX was not acknowledged on account of his work.

The court docket mentioned, “The defendant used his official place to closely affect non-public corporations whereas finishing up change and cooperation initiatives with North Korea, despite the fact that they need to have been doing it fastidiously inside the limits of the regulation, and recklessly paying him some huge cash. “It triggered diplomatic and safety issues,” he mentioned, “Even when there was a coverage function in selling inter-Korean change and cooperation initiatives, there’s nice potential for criticism.”

As well as, “The actions of the accused, who has obtained bribes and political cash for a very long time with none consciousness of the issue, are because of the efforts, as a high-ranking public official with a whole lot of expertise political. “The crime is severe as a result of it betrays an expectation,” the choice mentioned.

The court docket mentioned, “From the investigation company to the court docket, he denies​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​a mentioned, “Nonetheless, since he has no legal historical past, he’ll solely be punished by trial. a positive for an additional crime about 28 years in the past is a bonus.” “I am taking this into consideration,” he mentioned.