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The eldest son-in-law of the National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won, who was put on trial for smuggling narcotics from the United States, denied the charges at trial, saying he did not know that his bag had drugs in it.
At the hearing held at the hearing of the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Settlement Section 24 (Chief Judge Yong-rae Cho), the attorney for Samsung Electronics A, the eldest son-in-law of Director Park, said, "It is true that I entered Korea with (drugs) in my bag, but I knew that the items were in the bag. It didn't come in."
The defense attorney said, "The defendant put the black pouch given to him by a former co-worker into his backpack without checking the contents." "After 20 years of living in the United States without checking the contents, he frantically packed his luggage and entered Korea. "He said.
"I didn't know that the object (drugs) was in the backpack, and if I had known, I would have thrown it away before I went through immigration," he said, emphasizing the point that "there was no intention."
However, the lawyer admitted to the charge of administering ecstasy and smoking marijuana after entering the country.
When the court asked if the position explained by the lawyer to Managing Director A was correct, Director A replied, “Yes.”
Director A was sent to trial on charges of smuggling ecstasy and cannabis while entering Korea from Seattle, USA in May 2019, and smoking hemp or administering ecstasy twice in July and August of the same year (violation of the Narcotics Control Act). .
It is known that Samsung Vice President A, currently in office, went to work without notifying the company of the fact that he was on trial until recently.
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