Mr. Lee Myung-hee (former chairman of the Ilwoo Foundation) was convicted in the first instance of the late Hanjin Group chairman Cho Yang-ho's wife, who had been put on trial for assaulting employees repeatedly.

Division 25-3 of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement (Jung Sung-soo Kwon Seon-hee, chief judge Lim Jeong-yeop) today (14th) sentenced Lee, who was charged with special injuries for recidivism, sentenced to two years in prison and three years in prison and 80 hours of social service. .

The court admitted that most of Lee's charges were guilty, and he pointed out that "the crime was not lightly guilty of assaulting and assaulting victims under his influence."

"Lee is a spouse of the president of a large company, while the victims were forced to endure Lee's unfair behavior as a driver or home manager," he said. "There is a great possibility of social criticism."

However, the court said, "Lee acknowledges responsibility and agrees with all the victims, and the victims do not want Lee's punishment. They committed it in the process of expressing instantaneous anger. Consider points, etc.,” he explained.

The judiciary also added, "The fact that the defendant is 70 years old and the need to have a chance to reflect and reflect on how our society members live is also considered."

From November 2011 to April 2018, Lee was brought to court on charges of injuring or hand-stripping a total of 22 shouts to 9 employees working at home, including drivers.

There is also a charge that he threw a battery scissors at a guard at his home in Pyeongchang-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and injured the driver with a foot, saying that he did not load the car on the road at Gugi-dong.

Trial judged three out of all charges to be innocent because of lack of evidence that the victim was actually injured.

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