Branch as the balance from the local elections, in order to pay the
obligation owed by the respondent concerning the Jang-Soo-Cheon
company; (ii) collected illegal funds in the amount of 500 million
Korean Won and delivered such funds to Sun Bong-sul for the period
of December 2002 to February 6, 2003, in order to pay the obligation
owed to Jang-Soo-cheon; (iii) received illegal funds in the amount
of 100 million Korean Won through an account under an assumed name
for the period of March to April of 2002, in order to create funds for
the presidential candidacy nomination of the respondent; (iv) received
illegal funds in the amount of 296.5 million Korean Won from the Nexen
Tire company and others after the presidential election; (v) received
47 million Korean Won from Samsung and others during his office
as the General Affairs Secretary for the President; (vi) received
negotiable certificates of deposits from the SK Group in the amount
of approximately 1.1 billion Korean Won immediately after the presidential election. The above acts of Choi Do-sul were impossible
without the respondent's direction or tacit permission. Therefore, such
acts of the respondent were in violation of Article 61(1) of the State
Public Officials Act, Article 30 of the Fund Act, Article 3 of the Act
of Regulation and Punishment for the Concealment of Criminally Gained
Profit, and Articles 31, 32, 129 and 356 of the Criminal Code.
B) Corruption concerning Ahn Hee-jung
(i) Between August 29, 2002 and February 2003, Kang Geum-won
provided 1.9 billion Korean Won of illegal funds by way of a disguised
sale and purchase of real estate owned by Lee Gi-myung; (ii) Ahn
Hee-jung collected 790 million Korean Won of illegal funds from
September through December of 2002 and delivered such funds to
Sun Bong-sul and others; and (iii) Ahn Hee-jung received 50 million
Korean Won of illegal funds at the time of the presidential candidacy
nomination process, 3 billion Korean Won of illegal funds from Samsung
at the time of the presidential election, and 1 billion Korean Won of
illegal funds between March and August of 2003. The respondent
violated Article 2 of the Enhanced Punishments for the Specified
Crimes Act, Article 61(1) of the State Public Officials Act, Article 30
of the Fund Act, and Articles 31 and 32 of the Criminal Code, as the
respondent directed and abetted the above acts.
C) Corruption concerning Yeo Taek-soo
Yeo Taek-soo received 300 million Korean Won of illegal funds
from the Lotte Group and provided 200 million Korean Won out of
such funds for the formation of the Uri Party during his office as
an administrative officer at Cheong Wa Dae. The respondent violated
Article 61(1) of the State Public Officials Act, Article 30 of the
Funds Act, and Articles 31, 32 and 129 of the Criminal Code, as the
respondent was involved in such acts.
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