Former People’s Power executive Kwak Sang-do, accused of helping the Daejang-dong development project and receiving bribes through his son, leaves court after the first trial held at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho -gu, Seoul on Wednesday afternoon. the 8th. Correspondent Junheon Lee
As criticism mounted over former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do’s acquittal on bribery charges of 5 billion won in the first trial, Prosecutor General Lee Won-seok ordered a harsh response on the 13th, saying, “I am well aware of the will and concerns of the people.”
The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office announced that Lee received a face-to-face report on the 9th, from the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office Song Gyeong-ho on the analysis of former Representative Kwak’s first trial verdict and future plans, and asked for a strict response . On this day, President Lee ordered the head of the trial team, Yoo Jin-seung, head of the National Financial Crimes Unit, to focus on the work of the appeal trial.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office filed an appeal based on misrecognition of facts and misunderstanding of the law to the 22nd Criminal Division (Judge Lee Jun-cheol) of the Seoul Central District Court, which tried the former Congressman Kwak’s case. The prosecutors said, “There are parts of the first trial verdict that do not conform to all the evidence and legal principles, and there are aspects that do not conform to social norms and common sense, so we intend to fight them actively in the court of appeal. “
Prosecutor Song received a report on the analysis of the acquittal and the plan to carry out the prosecution from the previous four members of the investigation team who were responsible for the prosecution and carrying out the case of former Congressman Kwak. The prosecutors said that Goh Hyeong-gon, 4th deputy chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, and Kang Baek-shin, head of the 3rd division anti-corruption investigation, were present at the meeting and discussed measures to conduct a public prosecution and the direction of the investigation. 5 billion club’ as it is called.
Prosecutors indicted former lawmaker Kwak on charges of receiving 5 billion won in the name of his son’s severance pay from Kim Man-bae, the main shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, in exchange for helping with the Daejang-dong development project in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi. -do (bribe). However, on the 8th, Kwak was acquitted in the first trial court of bribery charges. As a result, criticism of public opinion towards the prosecution, which was responsible for investigating and maintaining the prosecution as well as the court, was rampant.
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