The third-generation heir of Byeoksan Group, who is on trial for using mixed drugs, has been indicted again on charges of marijuana smoking and purchase.
According to the legal community on the 20th, the Violent Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Shin Junho) additionally indicted Kim Mo, the grandson of the founder of Byeoksan Group, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act (marijuana) the day before.
Kim is accused of smoking marijuana once while staying in the United States last year and purchasing liquid marijuana twice from a supplier called 'Sangseon' after returning to Korea.
He is currently on trial after being detained and indicted last month on charges of using drugs mixed with methamphetamine and ecstasy components, as well as liquid marijuana, while staying overseas from late last year to early this year.
The prosecution reportedly confirmed Kim's marijuana smoking by conducting a hair test again after a urine test conducted to verify his additional charges showed a negative result for marijuana.
Kim is the grandson of the late Kim Indeuk, honorary chairman and founder of Byeoksan Group, and is known to be the largest shareholder and an executive of an agricultural machinery company that separated from the Byeoksan Group affiliates.
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