Jin Jianxi's stock manipulation case judge died and left a suicide note

A judge involved in the case of manipulating stock prices by the wife of former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, Kim Han-hee, has been found dead.

According to South Korean media reports, Judge Shin Jong-wook, the presiding judge in the retrial of the case involving the manipulation of stock prices by former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's wife Kim Hyang-hee, was found dead at the Seoul High Court. There was also a suicide note at the scene. The police are investigating the exact cause of his death, based on the assumption that there was a possibility of suicide.

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The second-instance verdict in the Jin Jianxi case was revised: The prison term was increased to four years. Two key charges were changed from not guilty to guilty.

The police found Shin Jong-wook in a flower bed near the Seoul High Court at around 1 a.m. (Singapore time 6 a.m. on May 6) and then took him to the hospital.

On April 28th, the second-instance verdict in the case involving Kim Jianxi's alleged corruption, bribery and manipulation of stock prices was announced. The Seoul High Court significantly increased the prison term from one year and eight months in the first instance to four years, imposed a fine of 50 million Korean won, and also ordered the confiscation of related properties and luxury goods. After the verdict, the legal team of Kim Jianxi stated that they would file an appeal to the Supreme Court.