Hangul 원세훈 Name Won Sei-hoon McCune–Reischauer Won Sehun | Revised Romanization Won Se-hun Hanja 元世勳 | |
Won Sei-hoon (born January 31, 1951) is the former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief of South Korea. Born in Yeongju, he obtained a Masters in Urban Administration from Hanyang University. In 2009, he was appointed the 10th President of the National Intelligence Service. He was indicted in June 2013 for attempted interference in the 2012 South Korean presidential election by allegedly ordering an online misinformation campaign against opposition candidates. On January 22, 2014 he was found guilty for graft. He got a 2-year jail term and a fine of some 160 million won. In 2015, the Supreme Court returned to a lower court this ruling. On 30 August 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Seoul High Court.
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