According to Korean reporters: On the afternoon of July 10, local time, the Seoul High Court issued a retrial verdict on the political-related case of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s cronies and the National Intelligence Service bribery case, and sentenced Park Geun-hye to 20 years in prison. . In 2019, the Supreme Court of South Korea rejected the judgments of two cases and sent the two cases back to the Seoul High Court for retrial. Earlier, the prosecutor's request was to sentence Park Geun-hye to 35 years in prison. ?
Park Geun-hye is now 69 years old. She has been absent from all court hearings since October 2017, and she is still absent this time.
Park Geun-hye was sentenced to a total of 32 years in prison for three cases earlier and is currently serving her sentence in the Seoul Detention Center. According to the Korean media News 1, Park Geun-hye’s side can appeal to the Supreme Court regarding the court’s judgment on July 10. If they give up, all three cases will be closed.
The three cases are: first, the case of cronies interfering in politics, Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 25 years and fined 20 billion won (equivalent to 120 million yuan); for accepting bribes from the National Intelligence Service, Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 5 1-year prison term and a fine of 2.7 billion won (equivalent to 15.91 million yuan); in the case of illegal interference in the election during the 2016 congressional election, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
In 2019, the Supreme Court of South Korea rejected the second-instance judgment of the political interference case and the bribery case, and the two cases were sent back to the Seoul High Court for retrial. The Seoul High Court will combine the two cases for trial and will pronounce judgment on July 10, 2020.
July 10, 2020, is also the funeral day of Park Geun-hye’s sister Park Jae-ok. She is Park Geun-hye’s half-sister. Park Jae-ok passed away on the evening of July 7 at the age of 84. On July 8, Park Geun-hye received the news from the prison. However, Park Geun-hye had no special reaction. She did not apply for a suspension of her imprisonment or ask for leave. South Korean media said: This also means that Park Geun-hye will not attend.
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