Will former President Park Geun-hye’s 22-year sentence be confirmed? Supreme Court sentenced on January 14th

Former President Park Geun-hye, who was conspired with Choi Seo-won (pre-named Choi Soon-sil), who received bribes, requested, or promised, is heading to court to attend a trial held in the Seoul Central District Act in 2017. [연합뉴스]

Former President Park Geun-hye (68) is judged by the Supreme Court again for cases such as Gukjeong Nongdan.

The third division of the Supreme Court (Presiding Judge Roh Tae-ak) announced that it would sentence former President Park’s re-appeal case in the second court at 11:15 on January 14 next year.

Former President Park was handed over to trial in April 2017 in the case of Gukjeong Nongdan. Together with Seowon Choi (formerly Soonsil Choi), he was charged with forcing me to make contributions to the Mir and K Sports Foundation against a large company (bribery, abuse of authority, coercion, etc.). The first trial sentenced former President Park to 24 years in prison and a fine of 18 billion won. The Seoul High Court, in charge of the second trial, admitted some additional bribes received from the Samsung Group and sentenced them to 25 years in prison and a fine of 20 billion won.

The case of former President Park, who went to the Supreme Court, was heard in a whole consensus. In August of last year, the Supreme Court canceled and remanded the case of former President Park in an appeal sentence. According to the Public Officials Election Act, if the President is charged with bribery in relation to his duties while in office or is subject to aggravated punishment under the Special Bribery Act, this crime and other crimes must be sentenced separately. However, the case was judged by the high court again, as neither the first and second trials were sentenced separately.

Apart from the Gukjeong Nongdan case, former President Park was also being tried on charges of receiving special activity expenses from former NIS chiefs Nam Jae-joon, Lee Byung-ki, and Lee Byung-ho (bribery and treasury losses). The 6th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (presiding judge Oh Seok-joon), who was in charge of repatriation for destruction, tried the two cases together and sentenced former President Park to 20 years in prison in July. In relation to bribery charges while in office, a fine of 18 billion won for 15 years of imprisonment, and 5 years of imprisonment and an additional penalty of 3.5 billion won for other charges such as abuse of authority, coercion, and loss of national treasury.

At the time, the judge explained that for reasons of the sentence, “there was little personal gain for former President Park, and it was the same situation as when he was sentenced to bankruptcy politically.” He added, “If the sentence of the appeal court is executed as it is, the age of former President Park at the time when the execution was scheduled to be terminated was considered.”

The prosecution reappealed the ruling and repatriation trial, and the Supreme Court’s decision comes back on the 14th of next month. If the sentence of former President Park is confirmed on this day, he will live a total of 22 years by adding a sentence of 20 years imprisonment received at the remand for destruction and a two-year imprisonment already confirmed for intervening in the nomination process of the Saenuri Party at the time of the 20th National Assembly member election in 2016. do. Former President Park, who was arrested in March 2017, will be released at the age of 87 in 2039 if he is sentenced to maturity without parole.

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