Prosecutor seeks prison term, fine for SRRT executive

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Prosecutor seeks prison term, fine for SRRT executive
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 13, 2008

SUWON, South Korea — A prosecutor asked Friday for a prison term and fine for the South Korean businessman accused of bribing AAFES officials so Internet company SSRT could hold a lucrative contract with the U.S. military on the peninsula.

In a five-minute session in Suwon District Court on Friday morning, prosecutor Jang Hye-young recommended SSRT executive Jeong Gi-hwan be sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 100 million won (about $109,000). SSRT is also known as Samsung Rental Corp. Ltd.

Jeong is accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to former Army and Air Force Exchange Service officials Clifton W. Choy and H. Lee Holloway.

Appearing before judge Kim Mi-ri, Jeong’s lawyer, Jang Ho-jin, said his client feels remorseful, has suffered immeasurable financial damage, and is eager to recover.

Jang asked the judge to spare Jeong a jail sentence and instead fine him.


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