<Anchor> The
final ruling came out on the case of the Gukjeong Nongdan case, in which many people went out to the street with candles in these cold weather.
Former President Park Geun-hye, who was tried on charges of receiving bribes from companies and receiving special expenses from the National Intelligence Service, was fined 18 billion won by the Supreme Court for 20 years in prison.
If you add up to two years of imprisonment, previously confirmed for other crimes, Park's prison terms are all 22 years.
President Park Geun-hye has become the fourth former president whose prison life has been confirmed since retirement.
First, reporter Bae Jun-woo.
<Reporter> The
Supreme Court affirmed the results of a revocation review in July last year, sentenced to 15 years in prison and 18 billion won in fines for bribery charges of former President Park Geun-hye, and 5 years in prison for repayment of special expenses to the National Intelligence Service.
The final sentence of former President Park was 22 years, if added up to two years in prison, which was previously confirmed for intervening in the Saenuri Party nomination.
The Special Prosecutors' Team Park Young-soo, who investigated the case of Gukjeong Nongdan, handed over the former President Park to trial in May 2017 under arrest and applied 18 charges, but it was merged into 14 during the trial process.
First of all, the charges of requesting or promising to receive bribes from Lotte, SK, and Samsung were confirmed guilty, but the charges of forcing the support of large corporations on Mir and the K-Sports Foundation and the resignation of government officials of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, and the so-called'blacklist' He was found not guilty of exerting influence in making.
Receiving special activities expenses from the chiefs of the National Intelligence Service was convicted because it was determined that the national budget was embezzled for other purposes.
Former President Park, whose brother was confirmed, became the fourth former president to live in jail after former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo, and Lee Myung-bak.
Former President Park, who has already been imprisoned for nearly four years, must serve until 2039 if there is no parole or pardon.
Not only former President Park, but also the lawyers did not appear in the Supreme Court court where the sentence was held today (14th), and have not made any stance after the Supreme Court sentence.
However, about 200 supporters of former President Park gathered on the road around the Supreme Court and immediately called for release and nullity of impeachment.
(Video coverage: Seo Jinho, Video editing: Wonhee Won)