Stepmother Causes Son's Trouble... Jeon Woo-won's Mother Appeals "Please Help"

Posting on SNS to Share Pre- and Post-Preliminary Seizure Details
Seeking Lawyers to Help... Original Post Currently Deleted

Recently, Jeon Woo-won (27), the grandson of former President Jeon Du-hwan, had stocks worth around 400 million won provisionally seized by his stepmother Park Sang-ah. Now, Jeon's biological mother has stepped forward to publicly appeal for help for Woo-won.

On the 7th, several online communities shared a post that Jeon's biological mother, Choi Jung-ae, had uploaded on her Facebook the day before. As of the 8th, the original post has been deleted. In the post, Choi began by saying, "Everyone, please help my son Jeon Woo-won! Neither Woo-won nor I have any strength, so we desperately need your help."

She went on to explain that her son Woo-won is under great stress because Park applied for a provisional seizure of Wear Valley stocks worth 482.32 million won against him. Choi said, "Park Sang-ah filed a lawsuit demanding Woo-won repay 48 million won, and Woo-won cried and said, 'If I had died last time, I wouldn't have to be stressed over this now. I wish I had died,' which breaks my heart."

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She also detailed how Woo-won's father, Jeon Jae-yong, and stepmother Park have caused significant emotional wounds to Woo-won and his siblings multiple times. The claims included issues related to financial support for education that made her son suffer. Choi also explained the circumstances surrounding the provisional seizure application.

Choi stated, "Both Woo-won and I are so stressed that we only cry and cannot sleep," adding, "Woo-won has barely been able to eat for a long time."

Choi also sought a lawyer who could assist her at a low cost.

Meanwhile, Judge Park In-sik of the Civil Division 51 at the Seoul Western District Court approved Park Sang-ah's provisional seizure application for Wear Valley stocks worth approximately 482.32 million won against Woo-won on the 17th of last month, after it was filed on the 10th.

As a result, Woo-won is now unable to arbitrarily sell or dispose of the Wear Valley stocks he owns. Wear Valley is an IT company established in 2001 by Jeon Jae-yong, the second son of former President Jeon Du-hwan and Woo-won's father. It has been identified as a channel for the Jeon Du-hwan family's slush funds.

In 2013, the prosecution's special recovery team for unpaid fines from the Jeon Du-hwan family recovered 550 million won in slush funds from Son Sam-soo, the manager of the slush funds and CEO of Wear Valley. At that time, Son was the largest shareholder of Wear Valley (holding 49.53% of shares), and Jae-yong's two sons, Woo-won and Woo-sung, each held 7% of the shares.

On the 7th, Woo-won stated during a YouTube live broadcast, "Even if I want to give everything according to the evidence or repayment agreement presented by Park's side, I have nothing. Whether it's 500 million, 100 million, or 10 million won, I don't have it," adding, "I don't even want to keep these stocks, but I hope at least my name is not misused."