[Breaking] 'Defamation of Roh Moo-hyun' Jeong Jin-seok's Appeal Trial Reduced to Fine

Jung Jin-seok, Chief Secretary of the Presidential Office, who was prosecuted for defamation against the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, was sentenced to a fine in the appellate court.

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Appeals Division 4-3 (Presiding Judges Lee Hoon-jae, Yang Ji-jung, Eom Cheol) on the 27th overturned the original sentence of 6 months imprisonment in the appeal trial of Jung, who was charged with violating the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation), and sentenced him to a fine of 12 million won.