an hour agoFormer president sentenced to 25 years in prison
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A South Korean Appeals court sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to 25 years in prison Friday, following charges of involvement in a corruption scandal that brought him down from power in 2017. Park became the first democraticly elected leader in South Korea to leave office when the Constitutional Court [...]
Park became the first democraticly elected leader in South Korea to leave his post when the Constitutional Court dismissed him because of a disastrous millions of dollars scandal.
Seoul's Supreme Court proved that Park, in collaboration with its friend Choi Soon-sil, has received tens of billions of profits from its non-profit funds.
Such ethical relations between political power and financial power damage the essence of democracy and distort order in the market economy, giving people a strong sense of loss and deep distrust in our society”, presiding Judge Kim Mun-Suk said in the decision.
The first decision for Park Gwen-hye was announced in April, in a live broadcast where the former president himself was not present. Then she was fined $17 million and 24 years in prison.
