Prosecution pushes for 30-year jail term for ex-South Korean president Park
Friday - July 20, 2018 1:16 pm ,
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Prosecution pushes for 30-year jail term for ex-South Korean president Park
Seoul July 20 (IANS) South Korean prosecutors asked a Seoul appeals court on Friday to sentence former President Park Geun-hye to 30 years in prison over a set of corruption charges that led to her impeachment.
Park was sentenced to 24 years in jail by a court on April 6 Xinhua news agency reported.
The prosecutors also demanded Park be fined $104 million on Park. She was earlier fined $16 million.
Park was accused of colluding with her long-time confidante Choi Soon-sil also in custody to force big conglomerates including Samsung Group to donate $68.2 million to two non-profit foundations controlled by Choi.
She was also charged with taking $38.2 million in bribes from Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong in exchange for helping him inherit management control from his ailing father Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
Park has not appeared in court for hearings since October 2017 calling her trials politically motivated.
The ruling is scheduled for August 24.
--IANS in/vm
Park was sentenced to 24 years in jail by a court on April 6 Xinhua news agency reported.
The prosecutors also demanded Park be fined $104 million on Park. She was earlier fined $16 million.
Park was accused of colluding with her long-time confidante Choi Soon-sil also in custody to force big conglomerates including Samsung Group to donate $68.2 million to two non-profit foundations controlled by Choi.
She was also charged with taking $38.2 million in bribes from Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong in exchange for helping him inherit management control from his ailing father Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
Park has not appeared in court for hearings since October 2017 calling her trials politically motivated.
The ruling is scheduled for August 24.
--IANS in/vm
