Reporter Wu Ruici/Comprehensive Report
Korean group BTOB member Jeong Yi-hoon at the end of 2020 broke out from 2016 began to smoke marijuana, he confessed to quit the group, he obediently accepted the investigation of the relevant units, the first trial in April, he and 7 accomplices called hemp up to 161 times in 2 and a half years, has constituted the crime of habitual drug abuse, in this regard, he confessed all the crimes in court, and said "sincerely introspection, very sorry", the results of the second court session on the 20th came out, he was asked by the prosecutor for 4 years in prison, but he pleaded through a lawyer. Hopefully, the sentence can be commuted.
Jeong was sentenced to 4 years in prison for drug use. (Photo/ Reproduced from Zheng Yixun IG)
From July 5, 2016 to January 9, 2019, In the past two and a half years, Zheng Yixun and seven conspirators smoked marijuana 161 times, spent a total of 133 million won (about 3.5 million yuan) to buy drugs, and all 7 people indicted together also pleaded guilty in court; at the second trial on the 20th, he was asked to serve 4 years in prison, fined 133,055,000 won (about NT$3.5 million), and the remaining accomplices were asked to be sentenced to 3, 2, and 1.5 years in prison, respectively His lawyer pleaded with the judge, "The defendant is now deeply introspective, and for the first time in his life, he was investigated and even stood on the trial bench, and he really felt very scared."
Zheng Yixun's drug addiction ruined his life. (Photo/ Reproduced from Zheng Yixun IG)
"Becoming a trainee at a young age and engaging in performing arts activities leads to great psychological stress, but these pressures are relieved by the wrong way of smoking marijuana." Zheng Yixun's lawyer said: "Zheng Yixun and his family were reported by the media because of this incident, and they felt very mentally tortured, and they would never touch drugs again, and people around him also said that they would help him." Hope for extrajudicial grace. The verdict will be pronounced on June 10, and South Korean media analysis could be lower than the four-year prison sentence the prosecutor sought.