December 5, 1995 (October 14), seeing in the former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo prosecution. Reference December 1995, South Korean prosecutors indicted former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, accused the president in February 1988 to February 1993 period, he established a secret political funds of approximately $ 600 million, from 30 a number of companies to accept a bribe of about $ 370 million. January 29, 1996, South Korean prosecutors on the the five consortiums boss bribing former President Roh Tae-woo and nine other defendants for sentencing trial. Daewoo Group Chairman Kim, president of the East Asia Group Cui Yuanshuo, president of the Hanbo Group Shou Zheng Thailand, Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, president of the Jinro Group Zhang Zhenhao were sentencing him to four years of imprisonment and three years. Roh Tae-woo's presidential palace police guard room long Lee Hyun rain convicted of accepting bribes sentencing to 10 years in prison, and sentenced to a fine of $ 800,000. Former members of Congress, the chief secretary of the Presidential Economic and Roh Tae-woo's secret political funds case the other eight defendants were sentencing from 1 year to 5 years in prison.

case prime culprit Roh Tae-woo while accepting bribes, the crime of military rebellion and civil strife crimes, procuratorial organs of his sentencing trial was postponed. in
in the procuratorial organs supplementary interrogation, Roh Tae-woo said, The remaining secret political funds constitute the main body of his crime is to prepare funds for North-South reunification and to improve relations with the former socialist countries. This is the Roh Tae-woo for the first time publicly the use of secret political funds remaining. However, Roh Tae-woo continued to deny that he received secret political funds is "bribery".
Roh Tae-woo, November 16, 1995 arrest was the prosecution.