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Former President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of bribery and embezzlement, was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Former President Lee Myung-bak was imprisoned for about a year after the court canceled bail.

I'm Bae Joon-woo.

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The trial court sentenced him to 17 years in prison for former President Lee Myung-bak, who was accused of taking dozens of slush funds and taking bribes from Samsung.

The amount of bribery and embezzlement convicted increased by two years in prison.

The court found that the former president stole more than $ 25.2 billion in dozens.

That's 500 million won more than the first trial.

"This former president has systematically embezzled dozens of dollars and used it for company-independent purposes," he said.

Dozens of US lawsuits paid by Samsung Electronics also admitted to bribing 8.9 billion won.

This is an increase of 2.7 billion won from the first trial.

The court blamed the defendant for punishing the public officials who had bribed him, forsook the charges and received a large amount of bribery.

Judging by the dozens of embezzlement and Samsung's payment of the lawsuit, the two-trial court actually admitted that it was owned by the former president.

He also canceled bail and redeemed the former president.

Last March, it was 350 days since he was released on bail.

[Kang Hoon / Former President Lee Myung-bak: You're frustrated. I was very sorry that the court did not reflect what I thought was acceptable.]

The former president, sitting for a while, with a sober face, headed for a detention center.

Former President Lee Myung-bak says he will not accept the results of the second trial and will review the appeal.

(Video coverage: Yang Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young)