Defendant

A shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for eight months and by imprisonment for six months.

However, this decision is delivered to the Defendants.

Punishment of the crime

Defendant A was sentenced to a suspended sentence of two years on December 10, 2015 at the Seoul Eastern District Court on the case of violation of the Act on the Punishment, etc. of Act on the Mediation, etc. of Commercial Sex Acts (the brokerage, etc. of commercial sex acts), and the judgment was finalized on April 2, 2016.

Defendant

B was sentenced to a fine of KRW 3 million on December 10, 2015 at the Seoul Eastern District Court, which became final and conclusive on the 18th of the same month, in the case of violation of the Act on the Punishment, etc. of Acts, such as sexual traffic brokerage.

"Criminal facts"

1. From April 15, 2015 to May 27, 2015, Defendant A: (a) installed four smuggling with simple beds and three guest rooms at the foregoing “D” business establishment; (b) employed, and received 1.20,000 won in cash in return for sexual intercourse from customers, such as H and I, who sought the location; and (c) had E from May 25, 2015, from May 15, 2015, from May 15, 2015 to May 27, 2015, and from May 9, 2015, the Defendant mediated sexual intercourse by having G engage in sexual intercourse with each of the above customers.

2. Defendant B, at the above date and time, provided guidance to customers who want to engage in sexual traffic, who sought to find their places on condition that they receive KRW 1 million per month from A, and provided guidance to the room where the said female employees exist, such as the above H, to facilitate A’s sexual traffic by receiving the price for sexual traffic from customers, such as the above H, and thereby, prevented A’s sexual traffic.

Summary of Evidence

1. Defendants’ respective legal statements

1. Each protocol concerning the examination of the police officers in relation to E, F, and G;

1. Each statement of H and I;

1. Seizure records;

1. On-site photographs;

1. Previous convictions in judgment: Application of significant facts in this court, inquiries about criminal history, and investigation reports (Attachment of final and conclusive judgments against Defendant A) Acts and subordinate statutes;

1. Article 19(2)1 of the Act on the Punishment of Acts, Including Mediation of Commercial Sex Acts, Etc. (the point of arranging commercial sex acts) and Article 19(2)2 of the Act on the Punishment of Acts, Etc.