Ex-Samsung adviser jailed over confinement case involving elderly woman

“Lim Woo-jae, a former adviser at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, has been serving a one-year prison sentence after being convicted in a first trial of participating in the concealment of a confinement and assault case involving an elderly woman, judicial sources said Thursday. According to legal sources, the Uijeongbu District Court Criminal Division 11 sentenced Lim to one year in prison late last year on charges of obstruction of official duties by deception. Lim was indicted for his involvement in a confinement and assault case that occurred in April last year in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province. In the case, a man in his 30s allegedly confined and assaulted his grandmother for about six days. A shaman, identified by the surname Park, who was reportedly in a relationship with Lim, was named as a key figure behind the incident. Investigators said Lim and Park had lived together since 2023 in a container structure on farmland owned by the suspect’s father, during which they received money from the man under the pretext of stock investments. Authorities believe psychological manipulatio

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