Cho Kuk will be sentenced to the Supreme Court next month...It's up to political fate.

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Cho Kuk, the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, who has been indicted on charges of corruption in children's entrance exams and covering up inspections, will be sentenced to the Supreme Court next month.

Earlier, he was sentenced to two years in prison by the lower court, but if the sentence is confirmed by the Supreme Court, he will lose his parliamentary seat, putting him at a critical crossroads in his political life.

Reporter Shin Ji-won reports.

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Cho Kuk, the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, was sentenced to two years in prison in the first and second trials on charges of corruption in his children's entrance exams and covering up the inspection of the Blue House.

give one's daughter false internships or receive scholarship privileges,
The charges include blocking the special inspection team's inspection of Yoo Jae-soo, the former deputy mayor of Busan, when he was senior presidential secretary for civil affairs at the Blue House
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The lower court sentenced CEO Cho to prison on charges of abuse of authority and obstruction of business, but did not arrest him in court.

[Cho Kuk / Cho Kuk, leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party (February 8, immediately after the verdict of appeal): We would like to seek the final judgment of the Supreme Court. I will tell you that I will do everything I can before the Supreme Court ruling.

And on the 12th of next month, the Supreme Court will issue an appeal 10 months after CEO Cho, the prosecution, and both sides appealed.

The Cho Kuk Innovation Party said it expects the Supreme Court to make a decision to repatriate the case based on facts, and that it will do what it will do without wavering regardless of the results.Justice Eom Sang-pil, who was the chief judge of the

appellate court, sentenced CEO Cho's spouse, Professor Jeong Kyeong-sim, 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 this time, he will be arrested.If the sentence of

or higher is confirmed, representative Cho's future political fate is expected to be determined by the Supreme Court's judgment, as his parliamentary seat will be lost and his right to run for election will be deprived.

I'm Shin Jiwon of YTN.

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: Choi Sung-hoon

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