Grandson of ex-President Chun receives suspended jail term over drug use

A grandson of late former President Chun Doo-hwan was given a suspended prison term on Friday for his illegal drug use.

Chun Woo-won, the grandson of late President Chun Doo-hwan, who was indicted for illegal drug use, leaves the Seoul Central District Court after a verdict hearing in which he received a suspended jail term on Friday. [YONHAP]

A grandson of late former President Chun Doo-hwan was given a suspended prison term on Friday for illegal drug use.

The Seoul Central District Court handed down the 2-and-a-half-year prison term, suspended for four years, to Chun Woo-won on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.

The court also ordered him to be put on probation for three years and undergo 120 hours of volunteer service and 80 hours of a drug treatment program, along with a confiscation of 2.66 million won ($ 2,045).

Chun, 27, was indicted without physical detention for taking four types of drugs, including ecstasy and ketamine, during his stay in the United States from November last year to March.

The police arrested Chun upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport from New York on March 28 and released him the following day after he conceded to the crime.

On Friday, the court said Chun was highly cooperative in the investigations and regretful of his wrongdoing, adding the decision to suspend his sentence was to give him a chance for a healthy social life.

Yonhap