South Korea's ex female president who is already serving a 24 year jail term for corruption, gets another Eight years
Park Geun-hye, the South Korean former President who was jailed for
24 years for corruption, has been slammed with an additional eight-year
jail term for receiving bribe from the country’s National Intelligence
Service (NIS).
A Seoul Central District Court gave the verdict on Friday after a
separate trial on the allegation that she received bribe from the NIS
and unlawfully intervened in 2016 selection of a parliamentary candidate
for her party.
Geun-Hye was sentenced to six years for taking ?3.3billion ($2.9
million) from NIS, and two years for the electoral offence. The terms
are to be served consecutively. On April 6, she was sentenced to 24
years imprisonment for abuse of power, bribery and coercion.
This implies that the ex-President will now be serving 32 years in
jail. "The accused received some ?3billion over three years from the
three NIS chiefs," the presiding judge said. "Through this crime, the
accused incurred a considerable amount of loss to the state treasury.”
Three former NIS chiefs testified they had funnelled the funds to
Park on her orders, the court said. The judge rebuked Park, who denied
the charges, for being “uncooperative” throughout the court hearing and
for questioning by prosecutors. Geun-hye is the first female President
of South Korea.
She was impeached in 2017 after huge street protests
over a sprawling scandal.
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