Former President Park Geun-hye Sentenced to 20 Years in Retrial... Reduced by 10 Years (Breaking News)

Former President Park Geun-hye. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Former President Park Geun-hye, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the appellate trial for the state corruption scandal and the National Intelligence Service special activity funds bribery case, received a significantly reduced sentence of 20 years in prison in the retrial after remand.

The Criminal Division 6 of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judges Oh Seok-jun, Lee Jeong-hwan, Jeong Su-jin) on the 10th sentenced former President Park to 5 years in prison for bribery under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, and 15 years in prison along with a fine of 18 billion KRW for the other charges.

Previously, before the retrial after remand, the appellate court sentenced former President Park to 25 years in prison and a fine of 20 billion KRW for the state corruption scandal, and 5 years in prison with a confiscation of 2.7 billion KRW for the National Intelligence Service special activity funds case.

Subsequently, the Supreme Court remanded both cases separately, and the Seoul High Court combined and reviewed them together.

At the sentencing hearing held in May, the prosecution requested the court to impose a combined sentence of 35 years in prison for the two cases.

Former President Park, who has boycotted all trials since October 2017, did not appear in court on this day as well.

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