New Updates Relating To Lee Sun Kyun’s Death Trigger Mixed Reactions Towards Women

On May 21, the appeal trial for manager “A” (31, female), who threatened and extorted money from the late Lee Sun Kyun, was held at the Incheon District Court Criminal Appeals Division 3.

Prosecution demanded a seven-year prison sentence, which was the original sentence in the trial.

Prosecution requested that the court “overturn the verdict and sentence them according to the original verdict.”

In the final argument, attorney A stated, “The defendant is reflecting on her mistakes, saying that they were threatened by an unknown blackmailer and made a wrong choice due to fear.”

“The co-defendant’s threats caused this crime, and because of the defendant’s job and attention from the media, it is being criticized even more.

Please understand that a separate trial is held for the crime the defendant was not involved in when sentencing. Please also clarify if anything in the original judgment was illegal.”

— A’s attorney

In “A’s final statement, she revealed, “Although the trial ends, I will try my best to repay the victim’s bereaved family for the rest of my life. I apologize once again to the bereaved family.

While some netizens felt that the prison sentence request to be too much, most felt that the prison sentence should be fair regardless of men and women.

• “If the law isn’t fair, then it isn’t the law. I feel like our country’s law for different sentences for women and men needs to be changed. If similar cases have shorter sentences, then we need to see if this is, in fact, fair for everyone.”
• “I guess in this country, people defend a woman even if she has six criminal records.”
• “I am shocked to see people saying her sentence of seven years is too much because she’s a woman, even though she has six criminal records. Don’t they know people like them are the ones that bring down women’s rights.”
• “Stop using gender to defend someone. Why can’t they see that even women can make things hard for other women?”
• “People are defending a woman with six criminal records for receiving a high prison sentence? Will they defend a man for the same thing, too?”
• “So strange…defending a woman like this.”
• “There’s no one in their right mind who is crazy over men.”

The final trial for the former movie actress “B” (30, female), who was indicted on the same charge, was not held because her lawyer did not appear.

In the first trial held last year, they sentenced nightclub manager “A” to three years and six months in prison for blackmailing Lee. “B,” a former actress, was indicted on the same charges and handed down a prison sentence of four years and two months.

Former Actress And Nightclub Manager Sentenced To Prison For Blackmailing Actor Lee Sun Kyun