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'프로젝트G' 작성자, 이재용 재판서 "보고서 아닌 자문"
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이재용 삼성전자 부회장 (CG)[연합뉴스TV 제공](서울=연합뉴스) 황재하 박형빈 기자 = 삼성그룹 지배권 승계 계획안으로 지목된 '프로젝트G' 작성자인 삼성증권 전 직원이 3일 계열사 합병 등을 검토했던 것은 정식 계약을 맺고 제공한 자문이었다고 이재용 삼성전자 부회장의 재판에서 증언했다.서울중앙지법 형사합의25-2부(박정제 박사랑 권성수 부장판사)는 이날 자본시장법상 부정거래행위·시세조종, 업무상 배임 등 혐의로 기소된 이 부회장에 대한 4회 공판을 열어 삼성증권 전 직원 한모씨에 대한 증인신문을 진행했다.이 부회장의 변호인이 "삼성기업집단도 삼성증권의 IB(기업금융) 고객이었나"라고 묻자, 한씨는 "그렇다"고 답했다. 변호인이 재차 "(삼성그룹과) 정식으로 자문 계약을 체결하고 자문료를 받은 것으로 보이는데 맞나"라고 묻자, 한씨는 "자문료를 받은 것으로 기억한다"고 말했다.변호인은 또"고객에게 제공하는 사전 자문이라는 점에서 (다른 기업에 제공한 것과) 차이가 없었던 것이 맞느냐"고 물었고, 한씨는 "저희(삼성증권)의 인식은 고객 중 하나라는 것"이라고 답했다.검찰은 한씨가 삼성그룹 미래전략실의 요청으로 프로젝트G를 작성했으며 이 문건이 이 부회장의 경영권 승계 계획안이었다고 본다. 반면 이 부회장 측은 그룹 지배구조 개선을 위한 자문 과정에서 작성된 보고서였을 뿐 문제 될 것이 없다는 입장이다.변호인이 프로젝트G의 성격에 대해 "보고가 아닌 자문 아니었나"라고 묻자, 한씨는 "그런 인식이 있었다"고 답했다. 한씨는 또 "같은 그룹이라서 조심스러운 것은 있었지만, 삼성그룹도 고객 중 하나라서 요청에 맞춰 대응했다"고 설명했다.이재용 공판 방청권 배부 안내문(서울=연합뉴스) 김인철 기자 = 이재용 삼성전자 부회장의 회계부정·부당합병 관련 1심 속행 공판이 열린 3일 오전 서초구 서울중앙지방법원 입구에 방청권 배부 안내문이 설치돼 있다.문재인 대통령은 지난 2일 경제 5단체장의 이재용 삼성전자 부회장 사면 필요성 건의 의견을 들은 뒤 "고충을 이해한다"고 밝혔다. 2021.6.3 yatoya@yna.co.kr한씨는 삼성증권 근무 당시 미래전략실 요청으로 삼성그룹 지배구조와 계열사 합병 등에 관해 자문을 해주고 프로젝트G를 작성한 인물로, 이 부회장의 부당합병·회계 부정 혐의 재판 핵심 증인으로 알려졌다.검찰은 앞서 두 차례 공판에 이어 이날까지 세 번째 신문 끝에 한씨에 주신문을 마쳤다. 변호인은 이날 재판 말미에 30분가량 한씨를 신문한 데 이어 향후 최소 두 차례 공판에서 한씨에 대한 반대신문을 진행할 예정이다.이 부회장에 대한 다음 공판기일은 이달 10일 열리며 한씨가 다시 증인으로 출석한다.jaeh@yna.co.kr▶네이버에서도 뉴스는 연합뉴스[구독 클릭]▶[팩트체크]대통령 나이제한, 박정희가 도입?▶제보하기<저작권자(c) 연합뉴스(https://www.yna.co.kr/), 무단 전재-재배포 금지>[야마토] ★ [야마토1] ℡%E2%88%8B 8nVN。<도메인1> %E2%95%80 An image provided by Pole Star Space Applications, a maritime tracking platform, shows the last transmission by Sin Phyong 5, an oil tanker obtained by North Korea last year previously called Woojeong, on July 27, 2019. The vessel sailed from South Korea’s Busan to China’s northeastern coast. [CSIS]North Korea obtained two new oil tankers for its smuggling operations last year in evasion of international sanctions, in addition to another vessel in 2019, according to an analysis by Washington-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).The report released Tuesday by the CSIS's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative described that the new tankers demonstrate "North Korea's ability to draw upon several avenues to continue expanding its oil smuggling capacity," despite UN resolutions specifically targeting such practices.The UN Security Council in 2017 prohibited the "direct or indirect" sale or transfer of any new or used vessels to North Korea without its prior approval.North Korea's maritime fleets working to smuggle coal, oil, luxury goods and military equipment have been "a key component of Pyongyang's sanctions evasion methods for years," according to the report."Pyongyang sourced new vessels from seemingly legitimate routes aided by potentially less than diligent local brokers, or from well-established sanctions evaders who remain clear of designations and their associated red flags," the CSIS report said.Two of the three vessels, the Sin Phyong 5 and Kwang Chon 2, were previously owned by South Korean companies. They made their way to North Korea from South Korean brokers to individuals or companies in China.These vessels have also been mentioned by the UN Panel of Experts for their roles in conducting ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products, and the report noted that this indicates that North Korea "is quick to put newly acquired tankers to work in its illicit oil import business."The Sin Phyong 5's last transmission was on July 27, 2019, according to data from the Pole Star Global maritime tracking platform. The vessel, previously owned by a Busan-based South Korean company Young Sung Global, was formerly called Woojeong and sailed from Busan in South Korea to Wangja Bay in northeastern China.The report points out that it is "not surprising" that the oil tanker has not broadcast its location since its transfer to new owners because most North Korean tankers "only sporadically broadcast their locations, if at all," despite the illegality and maritime safety risks of this practice. Such a technique is so common among North tankers that it is often an indicator that a vessel has been acquired by Pyongyang, it added.The Kwang Chon 2 joined the North Korean tanker fleet in November 2019 and was observed delivering oil to North Korea's Nampo port in South Pyongan Province on 10 different occasions before this date, according to the report.The report states, "Whether or not the South Korean brokers breached resolutions may rest on what due diligence they conducted into the China-based buyers, who clearly also broke UN resolutions themselves."The other vessel obtained by North Korea in 2020, the Wol Bong San, was previously Sierra Leone-flagged and was transferred through the Baili Shipping and Trading, a Hong Kong-based company linked to North Korea's coal and oil smuggling networks and its illicit weapons trade. It is linked with the case in 2016 in which Egyptian authorities seized 30,000 North Korean rocket-propelled grenades from the Jie Shun bulk freighter after being tipped off by U.S. officials.The report added that the company and its owners "have been tied to weapon smuggling, coal shipments and oil transfers," along with the latest vessel transfer, but it has never been sanctioned by the United Nations.This vessel transfer, said the report, "showcases the multi-faceted roles played by Pyongyang's trusted third party evaders working in foreign countries"In all three recent vessel transfers, the "common denominator was agents acting in China," North Korea's largest trading partner, "which likely does not bode well for any improved enforcement" of the UN restrictions, the report noted.Beijing's interest in abiding by North Korea sanctions resolutions "is normally correlated with the state of relations with Washington, and the fallout of the pandemic combined with a new U.S. administration may keep eyes away from the nitty gritty of Pyongyang's ever expanding sanctions evasion toolset," it added.A Seoul Foreign Ministry official told reporters Thursday in response to reports of possible sanctions evasions by South Koreans, "Our government's policy is to faithfully implement UN Security Council resolutions in close cooperation with the international government. The government is closely monitoring any evasions of Security Council sanctions, and is currently confirming related facts and trends."A UN Panel of Experts report released in March found that at least 121 unreported shipments of refined petroleum products were delivered to North Korea by its tankers during the first nine months of 2020. The volume of refined petroleum delivered through such illicit shipments exceeded the annual 500,000-barrel cap by several times, it added.BY SARAH KIM[kim.sarah@joongang.co.kr]▶ 오늘의 주요뉴스, 영어로 받아보고 싶다면?▶ 원어민이 읽어주는 오늘의 뉴스! ▶ 지금 읽은 코리아중앙데일리를 뉴욕타임스와 함께!    ⓒ코리아중앙데일리(https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com) 무단 전재 및 재배포 금지"