'Voluntary Surrender on Drug Charges' SKAI Faces Second-Trial Sentencing Today (30th) — Will Leniency Be Granted? [Star Issue]

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The second-trial sentencing for rapper SKAI (real name Kwon Min-sik), who was turned over to trial after voluntarily confessing to drug use and received a suspended prison sentence in the first trial, is set to be announced.

The Criminal Appeal Division 2-1 of Seoul Western District Court (Presiding Judge Jung Sung-gyun) will hold the sentencing hearing for SKAI, who was indicted on charges including violation of the Narcotics Control Act (marijuana), on the 30th at 10 a.m.

SKAI was brought to trial for using ketamine and ecstasy (MDMA) between October 1 and 9, 2023, and for smoking marijuana on January 11, 2024, followed by possession of marijuana on the 13th of the same month.

Previously, the first trial sentenced SKAI to 10 months in prison with a two-year suspension, and ordered probation and attendance at 40 hours of drug recidivism prevention education. The Prosecution Service, at the appeal hearing held on the 2nd, sought a three-year and six-month prison sentence, the same as in the first trial.

In response, SKAI's side pleaded for leniency, stating, "SKAI's prior record is from a significantly long time before this incident. There has never been any additional case revealed or investigation into other crimes at any point during the multiple trials and investigations that took place over more than two years."

SKAI voluntarily surrendered to a police officer working near the Seoul Yongsan-gu Seoul Local Veterans Affairs Office on January 19, 2024, confessing to drug use. The Prosecution Service indicted SKAI without detention in June of the same year.

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