A South Korean court is set to hand down its verdict in the trial of disgraced former President Park Geun-hye, who faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on multiple charges of bribery and abuse of power (AFP Photo/JUNG Yeon-Je) SEOUL — An appellate court on Friday increased the sentence for former President Park Geun-hye by one year in a massive corruption case that led to her removal from office.
The Seoul High Court sentenced Park, 66, to 25 years in prison and ordered her to pay a 20 billion won ($17.8 million) fine.
She was sentenced to 24 years in jail and assessed 18 billion won in fines by a lower court on 6 April for conspiring with her long-time confidante, Choi Soon-sil, into forcing big conglomerates, including Samsung, to donate 77.4 billion won to two foundations under Choi’s control.
The scandal led to her impreachment, then formal removal from office by the Constitutional Court in March last year.
Prosecutors maintained their demand for a 30-year jail term and a 118.5 billion won fine for Park on 20 July.
The court will soon deliver its rulings on Choi and Ahn Jong-beom, Park’s former chief policy aide, in the same trial. They were sentenced to 20 years and six years in prison, respectively.Yonhap
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