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However, Won Sei-hoon, who was the head of the NIS in , was in June indicted by the prosecution, and in August found guilty by a higher.
Appointed head of the National Intelligence Service Won Sei-hoon..
By Lee Kyung-min
A court delivered an ambivalent verdict Thursday on former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Won Sei-hoon, who was indicted for mobilizing the spy agency to support then-presidential candidate Park Geun-hye in the lead-up to the 2012 election.
The Seoul Central District Court found Won guilty of ordering a smear campaign against her opponents in violation of the law related to NIS operations, but cleared him of breaking the Election Law.
Won, who was appointed by Park's predecessor Lee Myung-bak, was given a prison term of two-and-a-half years, suspended for four years.
The verdict reflected an effort by the court to walk a fine line since a violation of the Election Law could be interpreted as casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election results.
"Won did not give any orders that directly aimed to have specific candidates elected or not," the court said, explaining why he did not violate the Election Law.
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| Former NIS chief Won Sei-hoon |
The Seoul Central District Court found Won guilty of ordering a smear campaign against her opponents in violation of the law related to NIS operations, but cleared him of breaking the Election Law.
Won, who was appointed by Park's predecessor Lee Myung-bak, was given a prison term of two-and-a-half years, suspended for four years.
The verdict reflected an effort by the court to walk a fine line since a violation of the Election Law could be interpreted as casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election results.
"Won did not give any orders that directly aimed to have specific candidates elected or not," the court said, explaining why he did not violate the Election Law.
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