South Korean Ex-First Lady's Corruption Trial Nears Final Hearing
An appeals court in Seoul is scheduled to hold the final hearing in the corruption trial of former first lady Kim Keon Hee, who faces charges including the acceptance of luxury goods.
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Special counsel seeks 15-year prison term for ex-first lady over church bribery, stock manipulation
A special counsel team on Wednesday sought a 15-year prison term for former first lady Kim Keon Hee, appealing a lower court ruling that convicted her of taking bribes from the Unification Church but acquitted her of involvement in a stock manipulation scheme and of illegally receiving opinion polling data for free. A lower court in January sentenced Kim to one year and eight months in prison and ordered the forfeiture of 12.8 million won ($8,700) after finding her guilty of receiving bribes fro
By The Korea Herald
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