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Lee Sun-ho, the eldest son of CJ Group's elder, charged with smuggling a variety of hemp, was sentenced to probation today and released.

Reporter Han So-hee reports.

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Lee Sun-ho, the eldest son of CJ Group Chairman Jae-hyun Lee, who walked out of the detention center in black suit, bowed in front of the reporters.

[Lee Sun-Ho / CJ Group Chairman Jae-Hyun Lee eldest son: I'm very sorry for everyone.]

Mr. Lee has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment for three years in prison after he was arrested on suspicion of smuggling hemp oil cartridges and hemp jelly and smuggling it into Korea.

In September, he was released 48 days after he came to the prosecution and said that he had been suffering from a lot of suffering because of his fault.

The court said it decided that drugs, including hemp, were considered serious crimes that caused great harm to society as a whole, but that they had no other criminal history and that all imported hemp was seized and not used or distributed.

We did not order probation or medication classes.

The prosecution analyzed the ruling and said it would decide whether to appeal sooner or later, and since the sentence is more than half of the five years that the prosecution has been sentenced, there is a possibility that the prosecution will not appeal according to the prosecution's internal standards.

(Video coverage: Lim Dong-guk, Video editing: So Ji-hye)