Prosecutors seek prison terms for ex-security, NIS chiefs over slain fisheries official case

Prosecutors on Wednesday sought a four-year prison term for former National Security Adviser Suh Hoon and a two-year term for former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Park Jie-won over the alleged cover-up of the 2020 killing of a South Korean fisheries official at North Korea's hands. The sentencing requests were made during the final court hearing at the Seoul Central District Court, wrapping up a trial that began some three years ago with the indictments of five officials of former President Moon Jae-in's administration, including Suh Hoon and former Defense Minister Suh Wook. The fisheries official, Lee Dae-jun, was fatally shot by North Korean soldiers near the de facto maritime border in the Yellow Sea on Sept. 22, 2020, a day after going missing while on duty on board a fishery inspection vessel. His body was burned by the North. The Moon administration announced Lee sought to defect to the North in what prosecutors believe was an attempt to prevent the incident from hampering inter-Korean relations. Suh Hoon has been indicted on charges of abusing his power after he alWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times