Image source, AFP
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Former President Park Geun-hye is taken to court on May 23, 2017.
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Park Geun-hye’s long-standing corruption case, South Korea’s first female president, has reached its final after the South Korean Supreme Court stands to jail. Ms. Park for 20 years and fined 18 billion won (about 491 million baht) yesterday (January 14).
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Ms. Park is South Korea’s first elected president. But was removed from office because of scandalous news in the case of benefiting the gang
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Fall from the power of Ms. Park got her start five years ago when she was accused of being deeply involved in the case of her best friend Choi Soon-sil. To receive money and benefits from companies and to have influence in the administration of the country even without a political position
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At the end of 2016, the parliament passed a resolution removing Ms Park got her suspended from duty ever since.
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Later in 2017, the South Korean Constitutional Court ruled that the South Korean Parliament’s resolution was passed. Official Ms. Park This has led to prosecution and legal proceedings for the alleged involvement of corruption and abuse of their authority to benefit their associates.
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In 2018, a South Korean court sentenced former President Park 24 years to 16 counts of corruption. She took the bribe and abuse of power and ordered Miss Park fined 18 billion won. Her lawyer later filed an appeal. And the court has ordered a new trial As a result, in July 2020, the court reduced her sentence to 20 years.
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Prosecutors appealed the injunction. And yesterday, the Supreme Court sentenced a 20-year imprisonment and a fine of 18 billion won.
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Ms Park, now 68, insists she is the victim of political retaliation and has consistently denied the allegations. North Korea’s former female leader declined to attend trial. Including did not come to hear the judgment of the Supreme Court
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Ms. Choi, a close friend of the former president, has also been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption. Abuse influence and power
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Although now the case is finally reached Ms. Park faces a total sentence of 22 years because she was previously sentenced to two years in prison on another crime of election law. But many are still keeping an eye on whether she will submit a pardon or not. While the scandal of the first female president of Korea will continue to be discussed for a long time.
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5 things to know about former President Park
1. Park Geun-Hye is the daughter of former President Park Jung-hee, the scandalous iron man. Her mother was murdered by a North Korean gunman in 1974, forcing her 22-year-old to serve alongside her father’s country number 1, but five years later her father was assassinated.
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2. She is single, which creates skepticism in the traditional South Korean society. She took office as South Korea’s first female president in 2012 with a slashing vote, defeating the seasoned male rival Mun Je-in. Political analysts noted that Experience being the country’s number 1 woman alongside his father’s counterpart. Causing her to overcome prejudice against women in South Korean society With the most gender inequality among developed countries
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3. Ms. Park graduated in engineering. From Sogang University The country’s top academy in Seoul went into politics, being elected to the state legislature in 1998 until her first election to the presidency in 2007, but her New Frontier party decided. Send Mr Lee Myung-Bak to compete until he wins the election.
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Ms. Choi (center) is a close friend and advisor to Ms. Park.
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4. When inauguration She promised to reform the economy by fostering creative industries and small entrepreneurs. It also announced that it would try to reconcile with the North. But a scandal involving her and her gang has prevented her from fulfilling her promise.
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5. Relationship with a close friend of the woman, Choi Soonzil, who led her to jail It has been around for a long time since the mid-1970s, when Choi’s father befriended the Park family. Until President Park It was accused in 2016 of letting Choi meddle in the administration of the state government. Help revise her speech, including Schweid’s urging of the country’s giants to donate money to her foundation. In exchange for special care from the government
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