The reaction of the politicians was mixed when Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was sentenced to two years and six months in prison at a remand trial on the 18th and was imprisoned in court.
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is present at a hearing on the remand of the ruling court on the afternoon of the 18th at the Seoul High Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Reporter Woo Sang-jo
– In a commentary immediately after the sentence, Choi In-ho, the chief spokesman of the Democratic Party, commented on the results of the trial of Lee and the reappeal of former President Park Geun-hye on the 14th. The parties to the Gukjeong Nongdan case should immediately apologize before the people, and I hope that they spend a time of intense self-reflection.” “The bribery of Vice Chairman Lee is never light,” he said.
The Justice Party and the Open Democratic Party responded that “the sentencing is lighter than the crime”.
Justice Party spokesman Jang Tae-soo commented, “It is a regretful decision to condemn an accomplice in the national flag disorder crime called Gukjeong Nongdan.” “The court’s judgment was insufficient.
Open Democratic Party spokesman Kim Seong-hoe said, “The judgment of the judiciary was a judgment that once again confirmed that the judgment of the judiciary was soft only for those who had money.”
The power of the people, the first opposition party, did not take a separate position. In this regard, an official from the power of the people said, “It is not appropriate for the opposition party to comment on the trial of the head of private companies.”
However, at the second trial in February 2018, when Vice-Chairman Lee was sentenced to probation, the Free Korea Party (predecessor of the People’s Power) made an official comment saying, “I pay homage to the wise judgment of the court.”
The People’s Party said, “We hope to break the old-fashioned chain of political and economic relations and move forward into the future.” Senior Vice Spokesman Hong Kyung-hee commented, “I hope that cooperation between the two will not be reproduced in our society through the close relationship between political power and chaebol.”
Reporter Kim Joon-young and Sung Ji-won [email protected]
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