Episode 8
All the crime case aces in Tae Beak were gathered together for Sin Chang Ho's defense counsel team.
There are three former district attorneys.
I think they'll catch the criminal pretty soon.
Sin Chang Ho has six months at the most.
He can't even appear in court because he's ill.
It's a trial without a defendant. I'm going to find a way to drag it out.
Trust me, Gyeong Ho.
Of course I trust you.
But, I can't trust that person whom you trust.
Soo Yeon.
Where did things go wrong, Oppa?
Was it when we started dating in the US?
Let's make the murderer for the fishing spot case ourselves.
As Soo Yeon.
- Jo Gyeong Ho. - What?
To me, Soo Yeon is...
I'm sure you love her.
Let's just protect something that we only have one of. Huh? Our lives.
How about it? Should I start making it up? (the suspect)
Don't do it.
Baek Sang Goo,
we have to meet.
Make time in the afternoon.
There are two interviews. One for the paper and one for a broadcasting company.
The married life of Judge Lee Dong Joon who doesn't cave into the pressure from the Chief Justice.
The media seems to have a lot of interest in it.
President.
Dong Joon, as you wanted, I blocked the interview from yesterday.
Secretary Song worked hard. He said he'd give him the breaking news when you two divorce.
Honey, divorce?
We're going to break up soon, Madam.
It's a 2 o'clock trial today. You can go alone, right, Soo Yeon?
I informed the legal team not to think of her as my daughter.
But to treat you as a key witness to the murder of Reporter Kim Seong Shik.
It's going to be tough. Make sure you eat plenty.
My husband makes me stand up in court.
And my dad calls attorneys and make me be questioned as a witness.
Mom, this is how I live.
The trial will end around 5 o'clock.
Madam gets worried, so come eat dinner at home.
Schedule a dermatologist appointment for me at 2 o'clock today.
I'd like to know why I was summoned as a witness in the murder case of Reporter Kim Seong Shik.
Baek Sang Goo.
Isn't Baek Sang Goo someone who does your work?
I'd like it if you did my work, too.
Let's stop with the trial, Lee Dong Joon.
Take my hands off Sin Chang Ho's trial, and Kang Jeong Il stays safe.
And you live as Tae Baek's son-in-law.
Everyone can be happy that way. What do you think?
If you refuse to appear in court as witness today, next time you will be placed under a mandatory summons of a witness.
Be sure to go and come back, Soo Yeon.
I was informed from the legal team at court.
According to them, Choi Soo Yeon appeared as a witness.
Kang Jeong Il and Choi Soo Yeon have dated for over four years.
And they still are. Choi Soo Yeon won't talk easily about what happened at the fishing spot.
The court is a place where couples married even over 30 years dig into each other's weakness over some assets.
Choi Soo Yeon is standing in that court right now.
My dad's condition is worsening.
I think he's more afraid of passing away while being framed for murder than he is of dying.
I barely calmed him down this morning when he insisted on going to the courthouse.
Sin Yeong Joo, this time the more desperate person will win.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il
This is Lee Dong Joon.[Witness]
Attorney, exam your witness.
I'm sorry. For having underestimated you all this time.
I'd like to compliment you, too. But what can I do? I have nothing to say.
Law is not about how to judge, but how to compromise.
Not how to judge the offenders but how a compromise is made among the offenders.
I'll give you what Sin Chang Ho needs the most. Time.
I heard he has six months left.
It would be a waste to spend that time fighting in court.
He will need to say goodbye to his family or since he used to be a reporter, he could write a memoir, too.
I got a tip who Reporter Kim Seong Shik's murderer is.
I heard it's one of Baek Sang Goo's underlings.
If you want, I'll make him turn himself in.
You're going to frame someone else in Sin Chang Ho's place?
Sin Chang Ho will be released as innocent.
And I'll be safe.
And you'll live the life that you want. Everyone will be happy.
Why should you be allowed to be happy?
You buried the truth of Reporter Kim Seong Shik's murder using money,
and you ruined Sin Chang Ho's life with your power. Why should you be happy?
You can never win against me with the law, Lee Dong Joon.
Can you win against Soo Yeon?
What will Soo Yeon testify in court? Regarding the relationship with Baek Sang Goo?
Baek Sang Goo takes care of practical affairs. I've seen him... maybe about two times? From afar at that.
There is no evidence that Soo Yeon ordered Baek Sang Goo to deal with the body armor documents.
And there is no money that was deposited to Baek Sang Goo around the time of Reporter Kim Seong Shik's murder.
I, Soo Yeon, and Baek Sang Goo.
There's nothing to connect us, Lee Dong Joon.
It seems Baek Sang Goo acquired a construction company.
He received a big loan for it, without any collateral.
I'd like to get a small construction company. Look into a loan for me.
I'd say at this level this is compensation for keeping mum about the murder, don't you think?
The one who arranged a big loan for him was Tae Baek.
[Loan Approval Contract]
Soo Yeong has already acknowledged the presence of a relationship between Tae Baek and Baek Sang Goo.
A huge loan was arranged to be given to Baek Sang Goo...
by someone inside Tae Baek...
That person is probably the culprit.
You'll be called by the court in a few days.
You will be summoned as a witness.
Soon, your title will be changed into the accused.
Please drink this. I think you might be thirsty.
The prosecutors are investigating the Savings Bank.
They're trying to obtain proof that I pressured the Savings Bank in order to help Baek Sang Goo get approved for a loan.
Father, please block the investigation.
The prosecutor's office and the law are Il Hwan's front yard (home ground), aren't they?
When he is playing the game in his own front yard, can it be easy to stop the game (trial)?
You have advisers you took from Tae Baek. By using those people...
I got them to get my assets back from Il Hwan.
How can I withdraw all my power to save my kid?
Father,
I'm in danger.
You need my strength, but you don't want to do my work.
It doesn't add up.
You said you didn't want to live like me getting covered in dirt while being an arms dealer.
But while doing law work, you met Soo Yeon and got blood on yourself.
Jeong Il, they'll find out that you got the loan for Baek Sang Goo.
Father, then I will... be incarcerated for being a murderer.
If it was to save the woman that you love,
what kind of judgment would the court rule?
Soo Yeon was the one who hired Baek Sang Goo.
The one who ended that reporter's life at the fishing spot was also Soo Yeon.
Baek Sang Goo told her to come up with money.
And Soo Yeon asked you for help.
To look into a loan.
What do you think of the big picture I drew for you?
I didn't check the fact that loan was approved for him when he was buying the construction company.
I will recheck today's testimony and your alibi on the day of accident, in order to prevent being charged for perjury.
Alright.
Just a moment.
You won't be able to avoid being charged for perjury,
but if you prepare ahead of time, you should be able to prevent yourself from being charged for murder.
A large loan was arranged to be given to Baek Sang Goo by Team Leader Kang Jeong Il without your knowledge.
There were three people at the fishing spot.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il, Baek Sang Goo, and Choi Soo Yeon.
The two of them met without you.
What would they have discussed?
What was agreed to be done to warrant such a large sum of money?
At the very point in time when the aces of Tae Baek's legal team were brought into the trial?
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il isn't that kind of person.
What kind of person is he?
He's someone who killed a person and framed another person for it.
That's the Team Leader Kang Jeong Il that I know.
And that kind of a man is at a critical juncture where he might be incarcerated for murder.
What couldn't he do?
Be careful of Team Leader Kang Jeong Il.
Baek Sang Goo, we have to meet.
Have a seat.
Here.
The prosecution is conducting an internal investigation of the Savings Bank.
The loan that was given to Baek Sang Goo will be investigated further.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il will be busy. Choi Soo Yeon is out of the office, probably...
She's probably meeting with Baek Sang Goo.
Kang Jeong Il and Choi Soo Yeon appear to still trust each other.
Trust can be shaken.
Just like between you and me.
This trial will be your last one to use the judge's gravel.
Will you use it for Sin Chang Ho or for your own life?
Throw him away first. Lee Dong Joon.
Then your father can live.
The people who tested us
are going to be tested themselves.
They must feel the fear of seeing what they trusted in crumbling.
It's not bad.
Jeong Il, the executive director and the director of the Savings Bank have been subpoenaed by the prosecution.
If they bring up your name, you'll be charged, too. Then what about me?
Now, if Baek Sang Goo is summoned for a questioning, too,
Jeong Il, what will come out of Baek Sang Goo's mouth...
Father
Yes, Father.
I put a tail on Soo Yeon and this kind of picture gets sent.
Jeong Il, Soo Yeon is starting to move.
Do you want me to draw the big picture for you?
Make the call.
What?
What? So the two of them are meeting right now?
Now, Jeong Il, at the fishing spot was you, Soo Yeon, and Baek Sang Goo.
But the two of them are meeting now without you.
Oh, Oppa.
Yeah, Soo Yeon.
Where... are you now?
Ugh... I'm at the dermatologist.
I'm starting my treatment now.
Oh, okay.
Get your treatment then.
Okay.
What did she say?
Gyeong Ho,
start making it up.
Hurry.
Because of the issue of the loan from the Savings Bank, the prosecutors
will send a subpoena to Team Leader Kang Jeong Il.
I'm sure he won't obey the summons.
Until an arrest warrant is ready, we need to be more prepared...
Kang Jeong Il has agreed to appear per the summons.
The fact that he agreed means that he is ready to make counterarguments.
There's also proof that he pressured a director of the Savings Bank.
It's not possible for him to make counterarguments.
Then why is he moving as we want him to?
If it's proven to be the compensation purpose, Baek Sang Goo will be summoned.
And if Baek Sang Goo tells what happened at the fishing spot, Kang Jeong Il will become the murderer.
If Baek Sang Goo falsely testifies in favor of Kang Jeong Il...
And if other evidence could be fabricated.
Then, Kang Jeong Il can argue to be responsible only for the arrangement of the loan, which was done to cover Choi Soo Yeon's murder.
See if you can delay the summons. We have to make a counterplan or postpone the trial.
There isn't time. If we can't buy more time for my dad, we can't delay the trial either.
When the court asked about your whereabouts on the morning of the fishing spot incident...
I was at a prayer vigil at my grandfather's church.
Your family's church is preparing your alibi of that day.
We just have to block contrary evidence.
If they obtain proof that you went to the fishing spot that morning...
Go to the security office. Delete everything from the garage CCTVs.
Yes.
I don't have any work for you. And I didn't even call for a secretary.
I'm here as the administrator of Sin Chang Ho's legal team.
No. As someone who has been framed before, let's say I came to give advice to a junior.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il will be called in for questioning at the prosecutors' shortly.
He'll probably point out the murderer as you.
That's ridiculous.
I thought so, too.
Reporter Sin Chang Ho who had lived uprightly his entire life being called a murderer.
I thought it was ridiculous but you all pulled it off.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il can't throw me away. He even murdered for my sake.
It was for Kang Jeong Il's own sake.
If the documents on the body armor were exposed, Bo Gook Industries would have crumbled.
And as its son, he will also crumble.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il and I were lovers for over four years.
Lee Dong Joon was a judge for ten years.
Even the judge with principles, Lee Dong Joon, caved in.
Could Kang Jeong Il's four years withstand it?
When Kang Jeong Il himself has to survive?
Hwang Bo Yeon
It's me.
I'm in the security office.
But there's someone who came to copy the garage CCTV today.
Who was it?
Attorney Jo Gyeong Ho. I think Kang Jeong Il ordered him to do it.
Just trust one thing.
Either trust God or trust Kang Jeong Il.
As you can see, this is footage of the garage on the day of the fishing spot incident.
Now, the video is over there.
This is the CCTV capture of the highway.
And Soo Yeon testified in court that she was at a prayer vigil that day.
If her alibi gets broken, her other testimony will fall apart.
Jeong Il, go to the prosecution and acknowledge that you arranged for the loan.
Then Baek Sang Goo will immediately be brought in for questioning.
That Baek Sang Goo, I will make sure he cooperates.
Yes. And if Baek Sang Goo testifies that Soo Yeon was the murderer,
then Soo Yeon will be arrested for murder right away, and the trial will be over.
And you will probably lose your license for violation of the Financial Transactions Act.
That's great! If you can't be an attorney, you can come work for Bo Gook.
Father.
Do you like the law that much? Jeez.
If you lose your driver's license, you can just hire a driver.
Aiding and abetting for murder are cardinal sins, right?
Yes, well.
Don't you think he will be sentenced for at least 10 years?
Father, President Choi Il Hwan as well for this incident?
Since we're already drinking mool-kimchi broth, we might as well have the noodles with it. (aiming to get two birds with one stone.)
It will satisfy our bellies even fuller, won't it? Jeong Il.
You weren't answering your phone.
Oppa, can I come in?
Oh, isn't it Soo Yeon?
We are discussing for Jeong Il because he is supposed to attend the trial by prosecutor's summons soon.
Since your father is working to send Jeong Il to prison, shouldn't I step in?
Is your father doing well?
Oppa, I have something to say.
Can you go wait for me in the sky lounge?
Do that. There's a liquor that I'm keeping in that lounge. Wait a little there while drinking it.
I'll finish up what I was doing and go up right away.
Do you think you'll be able to finish up well what you are currently working on?
Yeah.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il can't throw me away. He even murdered for my sake.
It was for Kang Jeong Il's own sake.
Team Leader Kang Jeong Il and I were lovers for over four years.
Lee Dong Joon was a judge for ten years.
Even the judge with a principle, Lee Dong Joon, caved in.
Could Kang Jeong Il's four years withstand it?
When Kang Jeong Il himself has to survive?
[Dad]
Dad, what am I to do?
Let's get a hold of Baek Sang Goo. The way to get him to talk...
Wait just a little longer.
If she notices that Kang Jeong Il made a move, Choi Soo Yeon might decide to testify.
Is it because our lives were so different?
You are expecting the best and I'm preparing for the worst.
Send me the summons to testify.
I'll go and testify again.
Choi Soo Yeon.
What you want is truth.
What I want is my security.
If my husband takes my side, will I be able to stay safe?
Gather the legal team. And re-request the summons to appear as a witness.
No, if they find out she's going to testify again, Kang Jeong Il's side will move first.
Choi Soo Yeon, we'll submit your recorded testimony as evidence.
Begin please.
I perjured myself.
The day of Reporter Kim Seong Shik's murder,
I wasn't at a prayer vigil.
I was at the fishing spot.
Let's stop.
Will you be able to finish up well what you're working on now?
We were together at the location of the incident.
I tried to stop him, but I was too late.
The person who murdered Reporter Kim Seong Shik
was Attorney Kang Jeong Il.
When I left the murder site, Attorney Kang Jeong Il
knew that Sin Chang Ho was coming.
Kang Jeong Il already reported it to the police.
The murderer had left,
and the witness who first discovered the victim,
was framed for murder.
Sin Chang Ho
is innocent.
Is this good enough?
Soo Yeon saw this, you're saying? Damn, seriously.
We have to start the meeting all over.
She probably ran to tell her father.
Before Il Hwan attacks, we need to first-
If we stop President Choi Il Hwan, then Attorney Lee Dong Joon will step in.
Then, we have to first find a way to knock Lee Dong Joon...
If we stop Lee Dong Joon,
then President Choi Il Hwan will get involved.
You do the thinking. I'll do the labor.
Father,
the way to stop Lee Dong Joon and President Choi Il Hwan at the same time.
There's a way. subtitles ripped and synced by riri13
Gyeong Ho, you have to go somewhere.
Hi! Chief Secretary.
Are you busy?
Because our superiors came to hate each other, even we've become distanced.
We used to drink three times a week.
Should we get a drink since it's been a while?
Out front there's this new bartender.
She's the type you used to like before.
Hey, Jo Gyeong Ho.
You buy.
Of course. Yes.
Tae Baek
Ah, I'll get this.
Gyeong Ho, how old?
You don't even know my age?
Not you. The bartender.
- She's 21. - Good.
I have to stop by the restroom. Wait for me in the lobby.
I'll be right there after going to the restroom.
Please enter security code.
Please enter security code. 36 42 Confirm
Jeong Il
Oh, Jeong Il, I found it!
On the day you're being questioned at the prosecutors, you have a client meeting.
Attorney Lee Dong Joon will be taking your place.
I came to collect the meeting files.
Meeting files?
All my work was passed to other teams.
Do you think I will be arrested as a suspect for a crime when I went as a witness?
Once in a while,
the court'll make the correct judgment.
Right, don't regret it quite yet.
If you go to jail, you'll have plenty of time for regret then.
Father
- Yes. - Jeong Il, come up quickly.
I'll bring the advisors who followed me out back to Tae Baek again.
Because we remodeled the advisors' offices which they used on the 9th floor,
it was made into an interior garden.
Even if they return, there isn't any space for them.
Ah, Il Hwan must have been very upset.
Il Hwan, when your friend offers his hand, just take and hold it.
What about Jeong Il?
I'm going to process Team Leader Kang Jeong Il's resignation.
If a Tae Baek Team Leader is arrested on suspicion of murder, then Tae Baek's reputation, which Team Leader Kang Jeong Il considers important,
will be tarnished.
Is there evidence that there's blood on Jeong Il's hands?
I saw it, Oppa.
At the fishing spot, you (killed) Reporter Kim Seong Sik.
I'm going to testify the truth.
Jeong Il, what are you going to do? You should testify to the truth also.
Seoul Southern District Court: Verdict
Here is the verdict Lee Dong Joon rendered as the incumbent judge in Sin Chang Ho's first trial.
This remains on the court server as archives. Also,
Seoul Southern District Court - Verdict
This is the verdict of SIn Chang Ho's case stored in Tae Baek's confidential server.
The author of this verdict document was President Choi Il Hwan.
It was written a week before the judgment.
It's been a while since I wrote up a ruling.
The murder case for Sin Chang Ho's trial
I'll do it.
Isn't it nasty?
Why would you be the one to write up the ruling for Sin Chang Ho's trial?
Are those two the same?
Even the typos are the same.
What will happen to that punk?
In compensation for the ruling by contract, he got married.
Because he was a government official, his punishment will be aggravated.
You abetted a trial by contract, and your son-in-law will be arrested.
How can your wife live in that huge house all by herself? Poor her.
Soo Yeon's video testimony and this ruling...
How about an exchange?
Do they match?
Il Hwan, I...
will take Jeong Il's hand and leave. Stop the trial.
Take Tae Baek whole all by yourself.
When a friend holds out his hand, take it.
President Choi Il Hwan...
He'll accept the offer. I told him to take Tae Baek all by himself, why wouldn't he take my offer?
Are you giving Tae Baek up?
While living 60 years, the only thing I gave up was your mother.
If Soo Yeon's video is gone, and the ruling is gone,
Il Hwan will be empty-handed.
To me, Joeng Il, I have a hidden card to play.
The ruling is in his hands.
When the judge-for-hire comes out—
If the ruling is exposed, Bo Gook Industries will get damaged, too.
Chairman Kang Yoo Taek won't be able to expose it.
President, I'll proceed with the trial as planned.
Bo Gook Industries will be badly hurt, too.
A tree with deep roots
won't die from a couple of droughts.
Disband the litigation team.
Destroy all the documents from the attorney team.
President, Sin Chang Ho's trial...
I'm abandoning Sin Chang Ho.
Make Sin Yeong Joo get arrested, too. For the crime of forgery of the official document or whatever.
President!
You must have a lot to say.
If you go to jail, I was going to tell you when I visit.
How did you find the ruling?
The time we spent together in the US,
and the time we had spent together here.
You know I'm not smart. I must have already forgotten all that time.
Soo Yeon.
I just want to remember what I saw yesterday.
I'm going to
remember it for a long time, Oppa.
This is Lee Dong Joon.
Do we have more to discuss?
You're supposed to talk even to terrorists.
I believe you said that you could
make Reporter Kim Seong Shik's murderer turn himself in.
Aren't you the one who turned down that proposal?
Isn't it you who said that law is not about how to judge but how to compromise, Attorney Kang Jeong Il?
President Choi Il Hwan seemed to have made up his mind.
Why should I compromise with Attorney Lee Dong Joon who will be leaving Tae Baek soon?
I have Soo Yeon's video testimony.
When the verdict is released, the judge-for-hire Lee Dong Joon also
will be hurt seriously.
I should have prepared for that much. Since I did it.
Make sure to prepare a meeting within today.
Lee Dong Joon!
Do we have more to discuss?
The meeting for the entire litigation team is in an hour. There isn't time to go out now.
Who is it that we have to meet right now?
I'll postpone the meeting to the evening.
The litigation team
was disbanded, Sin Yeong Joo.
Lee Dong Joon.
It's been a while since you joined Tae Baek, but it's the first meal together.
I'm sorry for what happened at the pier.
What could I do? This is my job.
Who is the murderer of Reporter Kim Seong Shik?
There must have been a physical fight at the fishing spot. It happens.
Both reporter Kim Seong Shik and this man were pretty drunk.
An argument turned physical.
In the end, with the fishing rod...
Lee Dong Joon.
When will he turn himself in?
When our work is finished. In a few days.
Give this spending money to your mother.
And from now on, I'll take care of it each month.
Thank you, President.
This turned out well, Sin Yeong Joo. Thanks to him, Sin Chang Ho will be found innocent.
Your father will also get considerable compensation from the government for the period of detention.
There are additional settlement terms. Guarantee the safety of Sin Yeong Joo.
Arrange for her reinstatement with the police too.
Have you forgotten? That I have Soo Yeon's video.
We even have Choi Soo Yeon's video testimony. We're about to win this trial, but why?
I want to win it, too.
But why are you stopping?
Those people will attempt to appease the presiding judge for Sin Chang Ho.
They'll meet with the prosecutors. And while waiting for Sin Chang Ho to die, they'll just drag it out.
If we step down from here—
Just think of Sin Chang Ho.
We cannot have him waste his remaining lifetime in legal disputes.
This is the best that can be done.
We have to avoid the worst.
It's good enough.
Among those who fought for independence of Korea from Japanese Imperialism (History of The Korean Independence Movement)
there were many more who died and could not see the independence of Korea.
Do you know how their family members are living right now?(Since Korean government failed to reward them properly and get rid of all Japanese powers at the time of the independence, people who fought for Korean independence lived poorly.)
The most important thing is to take care of your own health and your family's livelihood.
The exalted ones, the dirty one, yes they've lived that way for thousands of years.
Who are you to change it?
When I started to cover the defense industry corruption scandal,(Bo Gook Industries Kang Yoo Taek appointed National Defense Industry Regulatory Commission Chairman)
someone came to me from Bo Gook Industries.
He said that if I stopped the investigation, he'd give me a job at Bo Gook Industries.
Tae Baek sent people, too.
Back then, I turned down the money they offered, too.
Yeong Joo, why did I do such a stupid thing?
I'm going to die like this...
Those people still won.
I'm leaving Tae Baek next week. The suspect will turn himself in before then.
Now it's all over, Sin Yeong Joo.
Yeong Joo, why did I...
do such a stupid thing?
Kim Sang Shik Murder Case
Jeez. After spending thirty years together, we even came to this point.
Shouldn't you at least be giving me a parting gift?
Take that calligraphy with you.
Tae Baek
Let's start.
The ruling and the video testimony will get erased altogether here.
In the future, if a copy surfaces or something similar happens,
Tae Baek and Bo Gook will die together, won't they?
To me, Jeong Il, I have a hidden card to play.
Before we close the deal,
shouldn't we take a look at this?
Let me see if this is really your daughter's testimony video.
Hello, I'll start the podcast "Eye of a reporter" for my 45th broadcast.
In the last week we were able to exceed 10,000 downloads finally.
Then, what's good for? I heard you aren't in 100th place yet.
Hey, man.
That's a lot.
Today, I have a guest. It's Reporter Kim Seong Shik from SBC.
- Hello. - Hello, nice to have you here.
Yes, this is my dearest junior reporter.
He really likes to fish but he's not a good fisher.
He's been only researching for this defense industry corruption for ten years.
Sin Yeong Joo
Please put me on speaker phone.
Sin Yeong Joo
Kang Jeong Il, can you see? Reporter Kim Seong Shik that you killed.
Choi Il Hwan, can you see?
Reporter Sin Chang Ho that you tried to kill in the operating room.
One is gone, and the other one will be leaving.
However, I'm still here.
Choi Soo Yeon's video testimony is going to be submitted to court as evidence right now.
Sin Yeong Joo, stop. You can't win against these people. You'll get hurt, too.
Kang Jeong Il, Kang Yoo Taek, Choi Il Hwan, the fight starts now.
Courthouse
Lee Dong Joon, you decide.
Will you fight beside me? Or else, do you want to fight against me, too?
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