▲ Former Presidential Security Service Chief Park Jong-jun, who was indicted for obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials against former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
A three-year prison sentence has been finalized for former Presidential Security Service Chief Park Jong-jun, who was indicted on charges of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant issued by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) against former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
According to legal circles today (November 5), the 1st Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Yoon Sung-sik), which handled Park's second-trial appeal for charges including special obstruction of official duties, received no appeal filing by the deadline of November 4.
As a result, Park's second-trial sentence of three years in prison has been finalized as is.
Former Security Headquarters Director Lee Kwang-woo and former Family Security Headquarters Director Kim Shin, who were indicted together, also had their second-trial sentences finalized at two years in prison and two years in prison suspended for two years, respectively.
However, former Presidential Security Service Deputy Chief Kim Sung-hoon submitted an appeal and will have his case reviewed by the Supreme Court.
He was sentenced to five years in prison in both the first and second trials.
On October 28, the second-trial court upheld the guilty verdicts against Park and the others for obstructing access to the presidential residence when the CIO attempted to execute an arrest warrant in January of last year while investigating former President Yoon for insurrection charges.
The court also maintained the first trial's guilty verdict against former Deputy Chief Kim for his involvement—under former President Yoon's instructions—in having secure phone data deleted for three military commanders who were under investigation, violating the Presidential Security Act.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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