VOA标准英语2008年-S. Korean Court Overturns Ruling in Bellwether
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
A South Korean court has overturned the conviction of an American investment firm executive for financial crimes related to the purchase of a South Korean bank. It is the latest twist in a case that has come to symbolize 1 South Korea's occasionally challenging disposition 2 towards outside investors 4. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports.
Paul Yoo, head of Lone 5 Star's South Korean operation, center, exits Seoul Court following his release, 24 Jun 2008
Tuesday's ruling by a South Korean appeals court overturns a five-year prison sentence handed down, earlier this year, to Paul Yoo - a Korea-based executive for the U.S. private equity 6 firm, Lone Star.
Yoo had been convicted of conspiring 7 to spread false information about assets belonging to Korea Exchange Bank. Lone Star bought a controlling interest in the bank, five years ago.
Prosecutors 8 argued Yoo and KEB executives collaborated 9 to drive down share prices of the bank's separate credit card unit, to make it easier to merge 10 the unit back into the bank.
Yoo and Lone Star have insisted they did nothing wrong. A South Korean judge said Tuesday there was not enough evidence to sustain the convictions. He also canceled nearly $50 million in fines split between Yoo and KEB.
The Lone Star case has come to symbolize challenges that come with investing in South Korea, which has at times been seen as hostile to foreign influence and capital. Kim Sang-jo, an international trade professor at Seoul's Hansung University, says the timing 11 of the verdict could cause such hostility 12 to escalate 13.
He says South Koreans are already distrustful of the United States, in connection to a controversy 14 about American beef imports. He says, even though the ruling was made in a purely 15 legal context, it could fuel anti-American hostility further.
Lone Star is trying to broker 16 a six-billion-dollar-plus sale of Korea Exchange Bank to Europe's HSBC, but HSBC executives have warned they may pull out of the bid, if it is not completed by next month.
South Korean financial regulators are delaying approval of the Korean Exchange Bank sale, pending 17 appeals of Tuesday's verdict. Professor Kim says that might be a mistake.
He says, even though a court has ruled Lone Star is not guilty, regulators are dragging their feet. He says that must come as a disappointment to foreign investor 3 and that it may get harder for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to attract the kind of international investment he is hoping for.
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