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Lee Sang-jik, the founder of Eastar Jet, who had been tried for embezzling and breaching tens of billions of won from the company, was sentenced to six years in prison in the first trial and arrested.



This is JTV reporter Joo Hye-in.



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Rep. Lee Sang-jik, who has denied all charges surrounding him.



[Lee Sang-jik/Member of the National Assembly (November of last year): It seems to have happened normally in the course of company management. I will explain the allegations sufficiently during the trial process.]



However, the first trial court sentenced Rep. Lee to 6 years in prison.



It has been about eight months since the prosecution indicted Rep. Lee in May of last year on charges of inflicting 50 billion won in damages to Eastar Jet.



In addition, the court canceled the bail granted in October of last year and arrested Rep. Lee Sang-jik.



The court found that lawmaker Lee, as the head of the company, effectively controlled Eastar Jet and its affiliates, inflicting enormous damage to the company by about 7 billion won.



It was found guilty of selling the stock at a low price, saying that Eastar Holdings, whose only children of lawmaker Lee were shareholders, was a way to become a major shareholder of Eastar Jet.



He also pleaded guilty, saying that the early repayment of the debt was also done for the personal benefit of Assemblyman Lee.



The court pointed out that lawmaker Lee did not reflect, but shifted the responsibility to his subordinates, destroyed evidence and even provided false data.



Eastar Jet's union, which filed a complaint against Rep. Lee, expressed disappointment, saying that the 10-year prison sentence requested by the prosecution was not met.



[Park Yi-Sam/Chairman of Eastar Jet Pilots' Union: Although there are some unsatisfactory parts of the sentence, I hope that this can relieve the workers who were fired from Eastar Jet for no reason at least a little.]



With this ruling, Rep. Lee In the first trial for violating the Monthly Public Official Election Act, he was sentenced to invalidation of his election and even to loss of his seat as a member of the National Assembly.



(Video coverage: Jaekyun Jae JTV, CG: Publicity Line JTV)