The prosecution sentenced the prosecution to 7 years in prison for the spouse of the former Justice Minister Cho Kook-shim, a professor at Dongyang University, who was charged with corruption in the entrance examination for children and allegations of private equity investment.



On the 5th, the prosecution asked the court to sentence "seven years in prison" at the hearing of Professor Jeong's decision at the hearing of the 25-2 of the Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement (Deputy Judge Lim Jeong-yeop, Kwon Seong-soo, Kim Sun-hee).



The prosecution asserted that "the investigation of this case began as many suspicions were raised in the process of verifying the personnel of the former Minister Cho," and "it started in response to suspicions about the living power, and it can be seen as a case similar to the'Gukjeong Nongdan'." I did.



He emphasized that "this case is the inheritance of academics and wealth, and in reality, it is the avoidance of criminal punishment by concealing the truth."



The prosecution also said, "Former Minister Cho Kook told the owner of a chaebol company in the past SNS (Social Network Service) that the owner of a chaebol company was told that he would not obey the law, but, ironically, this case was the case that the high-ranking people did not obey the law. "I pointed out.



In 2013-2014, Professor Chung was convicted of conspiring with former Minister Cho and receiving false issuance or forgery of various documents, including a citation in the name of the president of Tong Yang University, and using her daughter for admission to Seoul National University and Pusan ​​National University Medical School.



In addition, when Cho was inaugurated as Senior Secretary of Civil Affairs of the Blue House, he invested in private equity management company Colink Private Equity (Colink PE) under the name of a private equity fund manager to avoid the ethical regulations of public officials, and embezzled 150 million won through a false consulting contract. They are also being charged.



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