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June 23rd, 2017 
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nsnbc : Choi Son-sil, a confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, on Friday, was sentenced to three years in prison for one of her corruption charges involving her daughter.
The Seoul District Court sentenced the 61-year-old Choi Son-sil to three years imprisonment for soliciting favors from her daughter to enter a prestigious college and earn grads more or less effortlessly.
Many observers were surprised by the relatively hard sentence for one of the most minor charges Choi will be facing, suggesting that following sentences for more serious charges could be extraordinarily harsh and maybe politically motivated and trumped up.
Other cases, including those involving ouster President Park Geun-hye are still being tried. Three college officials including the former head of the Ewha Womans University in Seoul, were sentenced to a suspended sentence, one and a half years in prison and two years’ imprisonment.
Choi was at the center of the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of Park. Prosecutors identified Choi and Park as criminal accomplice. The decades-long friend of the former conservative president was suspected of extorting tens of millions of U.S. dollars from large conglomerates in return for business favors and the assistance to management transfer.
Choi was also charged with intervening in government affairs behind the scenes, triggering enraged South Koreans taking to the streets for months-long candlelit rallies to demand Park’s ouster.
F/AK – nsnbc 23.06.2017
Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/06/23/south-korea-choi-son-sil-sentenced-to-3-years-prison/
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