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South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been imprisoned for 24 years for her role in a corruption scandal:
Park became South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over a scandal that landed the heads of two conglomerates in jail. The court also fined Park, the daughter of a former military dictator, 18 billion won ($16.9 million) after finding her guilty of charges including bribery, abuse of power and coercion.
"The defendant abused her presidential power entrusted by the people, and as a result, brought massive chaos to the order of state affairs and led to the impeachment of the president, which was unprecedented," judge Kim Se-yoon said as he handed down the sentence.
Up to 1,000 Park supporters gathered outside the court, holding national flags and signs calling for an end to "political revenge" against her.
The court found Park guilty of colluding with her old friend, Choi Soon-sil, to receive about 7 billion won ($6.56 million) each from Lotte Group, a retail giant, and Samsung, the world's biggest maker of smartphones and semiconductors, while demanding 8.9 billion won from SK, an energy conglomerate. Most of the money was intended to bankroll non-profit foundations run by Choi's family and confidants, and to fund the education of Choi's horse-riding daughter, the court said.
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President Park Geun-hye's Impeachment Upheld as South Korea's "Trial of the Century" Begins
Ousted South Korean Leader Behind Bars After Arrest on Bribery Charges
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Sentenced to Five Years in Corruption Scandal Ruling
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by mendax on Saturday April 07 2018, @09:46PM (3 children)
It's a shame that American politicians are not being sent to prison for as long for corruption. Unfortunately, moral corruption is not a crime, otherwise the entire Congress would be in a federal Club Fed along with Trump and most of his cabinet.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 07 2018, @10:59PM
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States [wikipedia.org] )
( https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Oath_Office.htm [senate.gov] )
Unless you think the president, congress and the senate are doing their best to "support and defend the Constitution", I'm pretty sure the USA is way past moral corruption at this junction. Friendly reminder: If you don't like unlimited freedom of speech, want to limit gun ownership and feel some torture is ok every once in a while, there's a constitutional amendment process you need to follow. Otherwise, pretty much all the officials in the states have violated their oath of office in the last couple of decades.
(Score: 2) by dmbasso on Saturday April 07 2018, @10:59PM
Let's hope Muller changes that. As I write this, the former president of Brazil "Lula" is being transported to prison, for a 12 year sentence. Unbelievable times we live in.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday April 09 2018, @02:50PM
I'm pretty sure that can be said for many Congressmen and Congresswomen from the past as well. I'm quite happy that moral corruption isn't a crime. Otherwise, it would be relegated to the status of jaywalking. Moral corruption is a big problem, but not one you can fix by making it illegal. May as well make alcohol and candy illegal, if you try and make moral corruption a crime.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"