신동빈 롯데 회장은 박근혜 정권에 70억 뇌물 제공하고, 롯데 면세점 특혜 받았는데, 2심에서 집행유예로 풀려났다.
한국 법원이 재벌 회장의 화이트칼라 범죄에 면죄부를 발행했다.블룸버그 뉴스도 신동빈 뿐만 아니라, 삼성 이재용, 이건희 부자, 현대 정몽구, SK 최태원 회장, CJ 이재현, 한화 김승연 범죄에 대해서도 다루고 있다.
이들은 법원의 면죄부를 받고 다 풀려났다. 이번 법원 2심 판결은 돈있으면 무죄 (유전무죄), 돈없으면 유죄(무전유죄) 공식을 또다시 되풀이 했다는 점에서 수치다.
"법이란 부자들의 금고 앞에서, 가난한 사람들의 비참함 앞에서도 역시 무기력하다. 부자들은 법망을 뚫고 나가고, 가난한 사람들은 법망을 피해 달아나 버리고, 부자들은 법망을 찢어버리고, 가난한 사람들은 법망들 사이로 지나가버린다." (루소 Rosseau, 사회 계약론 )
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Lotte Chief Joins Jailed-Then-Released Chaebol Heads Shown Mercy
By Sohee Kim
October 5, 2018, 5:42 AM EDT
A Seoul appeals court on Friday let Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin walk free from prison after suspending a 30-month sentence he’d received for bribery and embezzlement.
Shin Dong-bin arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 13.Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
The decision was the latest example of clemency shown to a convicted head of a South Korean family-run conglomerate, which are locally known as the chaebol.
Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, heir apparent to the nation’s largest business group, was released from prison in February after receiving a suspended sentence on charges related to a bribery scandal that toppled former president Park Geun-hye. Lotte’s Shin was also caught up in the bribery scandal for offering 7 billion won ($6 million) to a sports foundation controlled by a confidante of Park.
The white-collar crimes committed by family-controlled groups were uncovered in a series of probes and have been seen as part of a business culture President Moon Jae-in has pledged to reform. Former president Park is serving a 25-year jail term for corruption.
Notable chaebol convictions:
Jay Y. Lee was convicted of bribery, perjury and embezzlement in August and handed a five-year prison sentence for his role in the Park scandal. The vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. was accused of paying bribes to a confidante of the then-South Korean leader to get government backing for a merger of affiliates that tightened his grip on the smartphone maker. He walked free from prison in February after an appeals court suspended his sentence and appealed the case.
Lee Kun-heePhotographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
Lee Kun-hee, Samsung Group chairman and Jay Y.’s father, was convicted twice. In 2008 it was for tax evasion. He was given a suspended three-year prison sentence, then eventually pardoned by President Lee Myung-bak, who was himself sentenced to a 15-year jail term Oct. 5. For Lee Kun-hee, a 1996 conviction for bribing ex-President Roh Tae-woo resulted in a two-year suspended prison sentence and subsequent pardon.
Chung Mong-kooPhotographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
Chung Mong-koo, Hyundai Motor Group chairman, was convicted of embezzlement and breach of duty in 2007. He was given a suspended three-year prison term after promising to make a donation to charity of 1 trillion won, which was worth $1 billion at the time. Chung was also pardoned by Lee Myung-bak.
Chey Tae-won, SK Group chairman, was jailed twice. He was sentenced to four years in prison in 2013 for embezzling corporate funds, but was pardoned in 2015 by Park Geun-hye. In 2003, he was sentenced to three years, then pardoned in 2008.
Lee Jay-hyun, CJ Group chairman, was convicted in 2014 of embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty and tax evasion before eventually being sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail. Lee, who is Jay Y.’s cousin, has been in and out of jail during that period because of complications stemming from a kidney transplant in 2013. Park Geun-hye pardoned Lee in August 2016.
Kim Seung-youn, Hanwha Group chairman, was convicted of embezzlement in 2012, for which he was sentenced to four years jail, and also for assault in which he received an 18-month sentence in 2007. Both sentences were suspended. He received a pardon for his assault conviction from Lee Myung-bak in 2008.
