China News Service, January 14th. According to Korean media reports, on the morning of 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.
In August 2018, the Seoul High Court sentenced Park Geun-hye to a second instance in the case of “confidential intervention in politics” and sentenced him to 25 years in prison for accepting bribes and abusing his power, and fined him 20 billion won.
Data map: Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
However, in August 2019, the Grand Court of Korea (Supreme Court) ruled on Park Geun-hye's "confidentiality in politics" case, rejected the second-instance judgment and sent the case back to the Seoul High Court for retrial.
In the same year, the Seoul High Court also issued a second-instance verdict on Park Geun-hye's bribery case, sentenced him to five years in prison and recovered 2.7 billion won.
But the case was subsequently sent back for retrial.
After being sent back for retrial, the Seoul High Court combined the case of Park Geun-hye's "confidential in politics" and the bribery case for trial.
On July 10, 2020, the Seoul High Court issued a retrial on the two cases and sentenced Park Geun-hye to 20 years in prison, fined 18 billion won and recovered 3.5 billion won.
Suspects of taking bribes were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of 18 billion won; the other suspects were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and 3.5 billion won.
The sentence has been significantly reduced compared to previous sentences.
Data map: Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
South Korean prosecutors later expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment of the retrial and filed a protest again to the Supreme Court.
However, Park Geun-hye did not appeal again.
In addition to the above cases, Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 2 years in prison in the case of "interference in referral".
Park Geun-hye was detained in March 2017 and currently sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison. Without pardon or parole, his sentence will end in 2039.