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-Kim Hak-eui, former Vice Minister of Justice, was acquitted of bribery charges after two Supreme Court decisions, and was acquitted on all charges after 9 years.
The second part of the Supreme Court affirmed the verdict of not guilty in the re-appeal of former Vice Minister Kim, who was tried for a total of 43 million won from a construction company, a so-called ‘sponsor’, from 2000 to 2011.
Previously, the first trial acquitted him, but the second trial judged that the cost was acceptable and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison and a fine of 5 million won.
However, last year, the Supreme Court returned the case to the Seoul High Court with the intent of acquittal, noting that Choi’s court testimony, which was used as conclusive evidence of his guilt, was different from the testimony at the time of the prosecution’s investigation, and became more unfavorable to former Vice Minister Kim as it went to the second trial. I sent.
The Seoul High Court, which was in charge of the reversal and remand trial, acquitted former Vice Minister Kim not guilty in January, and the prosecution appealed again, but the Supreme Court ruled that there were no problems, such as misunderstandings, in the verdict of acquittal.
At the time of the first prosecution by the prosecution, the charge of receiving money or sexual favors from a construction company was also applied, but the statute of limitations had expired or the charges were not substantiated. All charges against the former deputy minister were acquitted in court.
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