Five years in prison were demanded for independent lawmaker Yoon Mi-hyang (58) (former chairperson of Jeonguiyeon), who was handed over to trial on charges of misappropriating donations from the Justice and Memory Solidarity (Jeonguiyeon) to resolve the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery for personal use.
The prosecution demanded such a request in a decision trial on charges of violating the subsidy management law and the donation law, etc. A three-year prison sentence was sought for the director of the Justice Union, who was also indicted.
The prosecution said, “There are many types of criminal acts over a long period of time, the nature of the crime is serious, and he is not showing any signs of remorse even though he led the crime as the group’s chief executive and executive officer.”
Prosecutors said, “Rep. Yoon and others received subsidies through the submission of false documents even though they did not properly meet the requirements to receive subsidies without any sense of guilt over a long period of time. It was useful,” he said.
Prosecutors also added, “Rep. Yoon raised donations in his personal account and used them as if he were his own money, or used group funds for his own purposes.”
In response, Rep. Yoon petitioned for a reasonable ruling by the court, saying that he did not pursue private interests in the process of using the donation.
In the final argument, Rep. Yoon said, “Through the two-year trial, I painfully confirmed that there was inexperience in administration and accounting,” and lowered his head, saying, “I think I, the representative, is responsible for all of that.”
Rep. Yoon stopped talking for a while in the middle of his speech and showed tears.
He continued, “I did not work at Jeongdaehyeop with the intention of pursuing private interests as the prosecution insisted.” differ,” he pleaded.
Previously, Congressman Yoon’s side denied most of the charges in the first trial held on August 11, 2021.
Rep. Yun and Mr. Kim donated a total of 4.1 billion won in group accounts from 2015 to 2019 without registering with the competent government office, and donated 170 million won in personal accounts under the name of funeral expenses for grandmother Kim Bok-dong or support for victims of sexual violence in overseas exhibitions. In September 2020, he was indicted without detention on charges of raising money (violation of the Donation Act).
Prosecutors also reported that Rep. Yoon used a total of 100 million won for personal purposes, including funeral expenses for the grandmother of a comfort woman victim raised in her personal account from 2011 to 2020, and funds transferred from the Daehyup Jeongdaehyup corporate account and the account for storage of operating expenses for comfort women shelters. did.
In addition, he is also accused of unfairly receiving 300 million won in subsidies from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Seoul Metropolitan Government between 2013 and 2020 by falsely applying and registering as if he were working as a curator at the War and Women’s Human Rights Museum run by the Daehyup.
Accused of donating 50 million won out of 100 million won in the Women’s Human Rights Prize to the Justice and Memory Foundation by taking advantage of the mental and physical disability of the late Gil Won-ok, a grandmother diagnosed with severe dementia (quasi-fraudulent fraud), purchasing a comfort women shelter in Anseong, Gyeonggi-do at a higher price than the market price There is also one charge (business misconduct).
Meanwhile, the prosecution, together with Rep. Yun, requested a three-year prison sentence for Chunguiyeon director Kim, who was indicted without detention on charges of violating the subsidy management law, violating the local finance law, fraud, violating the donation law, breach of trust in business, and violating the public health management law.
The first trial date for Rep. Yoon and others will be held at 2:00 pm on the 7th of next month.
