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Seoul, Jul 20 (AFP) Disgraced former South Korean president Park Geun-hye was convicted of charges of illegally receiving funds from the country's spy agency today and given eight more years in prison, on top of the current term.
Park, the South's first female president, was impeached last year after huge street protests over a sprawling scandal, and was jailed for 24 years for corruption and abuse of power in April.
Today's penalty – issued in her absence after she refused to attend the Seoul Central District Court – the National Intelligence Service's (NIS) and improperly intervening in 2016 in the selection of her ruling party's parliamentary candidates.
The Seoul Central District Court Park six years for taking 3.3 trillion won (USD 2.9 million) from the spy agency, and two years for the electoral offense.
The penalties apply consecutively, meaning the 66-year-old now A total of 32 years in prison
"NIS chiefs. Throughout this crime, "the senior judge Seong Chang-ho.
Three trained NIS chiefs testified they had funneled the funds to Park on her orders, the court said. 19659003] The judge rebuked Park, who denied the charges, for being a "co-operative" in the court hearing and questioning by
Park allegedly squandered the taxpayer money on maintaining her private house, financing a shop where her secret confidential Choi Soon-sil – the central figure in the scandal scandal – had Parkinson's garments made and other private purposes, including mbadage treatment.
Choi was found to have taken advantage of her "long private ties" with Park to extort bribes worth millions
She was serving a 20-year sentence for abuse of power, bribery and meddling in state affairs.
Earli Today, prosecutors asked for an appeals court to extend their claim to 30 years, "
They also asked for a sixfold increase to 118.5 billion won.
"The accused has never repented or made any sincere apology before the people," prosecutors said in a statement. "And since October 2017, she's never made any appearance at short."
Park's own lawyers asked for her conviction to be overturned, saying she made no gains when businesses "donated" funds to foundations controlled by Choi, and that (19659003) The High Court of the United States of America will be taking over the decision on the issue of "political responsibility" for the case. 20 million from conglomerates, sharing secret state documents, "blacklisting" critical artists of her policies, and firing officials who resisted the abuse of power.
Park is the eldest daughter of late dictator Chung-hee Park, who oversaw human rights abuses
After his father was murdered in 1979 by his spy chief, the Park of Choi, the daughter of a child, was born in the 1960s and 1970s. shady religious figure, who went on to act as a mentor throughout his political career. (AFP) MRJ
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This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.
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