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Lim Chang-yong (50), a former professional baseball player who was sentenced to prison in the first trial for not paying back some of his gambling funds, pleaded not guilty in the first trial of the appeals court.
According to News 1, the Gwangju District Court’s Third Criminal Department (Chief Judge Kim Il-soo) held its first hearing on Lim Chang-yong, who was accused of fraud, on the 5th.
In December 2019, Lim Chang-yong borrowed 150 million won from his acquaintance A at a hotel in Manila, Philippines, in the name of casino gambling funds, and was put on trial on charges of not paying back 80 million won of them.
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