China News Service, January 14th. According to Korean media reports, on the 14th local time, the South Korean Grand Court (Supreme Court) made a final sentence on the former South Korean President Park Geun-hye's "trustworthy involvement in politics" case and the bribery case and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. A fine of 18 billion won.
South Korea’s Blue House said on the same day that “tragic incidents like the former president’s sentence and imprisonment should be taken as a warning, and such incidents should not happen again in the future.”
Data map: Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
South Korea’s Blue House spokesperson Kang Min-suk said that following the mass assembly and the impeachment of the National Assembly, the final judgment of the Great Court put an end to the “trustees’ intervention in politics” case.
On the other hand, Kang Min Suk did not express his position on the issue of amnesty for Park Geun-hye.
A senior official of the Blue House stated that it was inappropriate to talk about pardons as soon as the final judgment was released, and he has not heard that South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed any position on this issue.