Cho Kuk will be sentenced to the Supreme Court on the 12th of next month..."Two years in prison." Will it be confirmed?

[Anchor]
Cho Kuk, the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, will be sentenced to appeal next month over allegations of corruption in the entrance examination of his children and the investigation of the Blue House.

Earlier, he was sentenced to two years in prison in the first and second trials, and the judgment of the appeal is drawing attention.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Shin Jiwon!

[Reporter]
Yes, the Supreme Court will issue an appeal to Cho Kuk, the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, at 11:45 a.m. on the 12th of next month.

Earlier, CEO Cho was sentenced to two years in prison in the first and second trials for his children's corruption in entrance exams and suspicions of covering up the inspection of the Blue House.

At that time, he was sentenced to prison on charges of abuse of authority and obstruction of business, but

There is no fear of destroying evidence and the need to guarantee defense rights has been recognized, so court arrest has been avoided.

The lower court found CEO Cho guilty of falsely issuing an internship for his daughter Cho Min's student at Seoul National University and giving her daughter a scholarship through former Busan Medical Center Roh Hwan-joong.

In addition, when he was the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs at the Blue House, he was accused of covering up the inspection of the special inspection team on Yoo Jae-soo, the former deputy mayor of Busan's economy.The Supreme Court's appeal will come 10 months after the representative of

and the prosecution appealed against the ruling in February.Justice Um Sang-pil, who was the chief judge of the

appellate court, sentenced CEO Cho's spouse, Professor Jeong, to four years in prison in 2021 when he was a senior judge at the Seoul High Court.

At that time, Professor Jeong was found guilty of all charges of corruption in the entrance examination, and the Supreme Court confirmed it.

If CEO Cho is sentenced to two years in prison in the Supreme Court, he will be arrested.If the sentence of

is confirmed, the election will be invalid and the right to run for election will be deprived, which will be a major watershed in Cho's political life.

I'm Shin Jiwon of YTN.