Former military officers accused of selling confidential information such as overseas activity information to Japan and other countries were sentenced to prison sentences.

The Seoul High Court Detective (1) (Chung Jun-young, Deputy Judge) sentenced Hwang Mo (59) and Kim Hong (67), who were indicted on charges of general transfer, to four years in prison I was sentenced.

Hwang was indicted on suspicion of throwing 160 of his military secrets, which he captured on his mobile phone from 2013 to last year, on a retired employee.

In return, it was revealed that he received 6.7 million won from Hong.

Hong is accused of transferring some of these confidential information to the intelligence sources of foreign diplomatic missions such as Japan.

Hwang was also accused of disclosing information to the Hong Kong intelligence agency (aka "White Agent") dispatched to China.

Hong handed this over to a Chinese intelligence officer, and as this was revealed late, all the information workers who had worked in China had to return home urgently.

Ichimoto pleaded guilty to these charges and sentenced them to four years imprisonment each.

The appellate court ruled that 26 items, including information on North Korean prices and exchange rate trends, could not be seen as military secrets, but did not lower the sentence in light of the seriousness of the matter.

The judge said, "The defendants leaked a lot of military confidential information, and in particular, the act of conveying the personal information of the information center dispatched to foreign countries to foreign intelligence agencies is not only an information command but also a betrayal to the Republic of Korea. I did.

"The act of defendants ultimately jeopardized the national security of the Republic of Korea." "The punishment of defendants strictly is to elevate the morale of most intelligence agents who are performing their duties at this moment and to strengthen national security." I did.

Prosecutors have accused Mr. Lee (51) of raiding refugees who had received military secrets from Hong and sold them to Japan, but the appellate court ruled that Lee was not acquitted.

Lee has never heard of the source of data from Hong, and Lee's position is based on the fact that he may have thought it was nothing more than North Korea's usual information.

The appellate court has restricted access to the ruling because the trial was held privately because it could harm national security.

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