Defendant

A A shall be punished by a fine of KRW 5 million, and Defendant B shall be punished by a fine of KRW 2 million.

The above fine is imposed against the Defendants.

Punishment of the crime

Defendant

A is Jongno-gu Seoul, Jongno-gu, the owner of 300 square meters of forest land C, and Defendant B is the manager of the above D.

1. No person who violates the National Land Planning and Utilization Act shall change the form and quality of land without obtaining permission for development activities;

Nevertheless, around December 6, 2018, in collusion with the Defendants around Jongno-gu Seoul, the Defendants changed the form and quality of forest land by making a flat work, such as 146.84m2 of the said forest land, 246.48m2 of the said forest land adjacent to the said forest land, and 402.54m2m2 of the G forest land, by making use of a digging hole, in order to create a site for D parking lot without obtaining permission from the competent authorities.

2. Any person who intends to convert a mountainous district into a mountainous district shall designate its purposes and obtain permission therefor from the Minister of the Korea Forest Service;

Nevertheless, the Defendants conspired to convert the use of mountainous districts into mountainous districts without obtaining permission from the competent authorities, such as the date, time, place, etc. mentioned in paragraph (1), and without obtaining permission from the competent authorities, by cutting or banking up the total area of 402.54 square meters of forest land.

3. A person who intends to cut standing timber in a forest violating the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act shall obtain permission from the competent authorities;

Nevertheless, the Defendants conspired to cut trees 12, 1, 1, and 1, in relation to G forest adjacent to Jongno-gu Seoul Metropolitan Government C forest and the above forest, without obtaining permission from the competent authority, in collusion with the Defendants.

Summary of Evidence

1. Defendants’ respective legal statements

1. A protocol concerning the police investigation of H concerning H;

1. A H statement;

1. Application of Acts and subordinate statutes to accusation (including attached documents) and current status surveying;

1. Article 140 Subparag. 1 and Article 56(1)2 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act concerning facts constituting an offense, Article 30 of the Criminal Act and Article 74 of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act.