Seoul, Jan 30 (IANS) A special counsel on Friday appealed a court ruling in the corruption case of South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee that handed down a prison term but found her not guilty on most charges, saying the court misapprehended the facts and that the sentence was too lenient. The appeal comes two days after Kim, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church in retur…
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Seoul, Jan 28 (IANS) A South Korean court is set to deliver its verdict on Wednesday on the corruption and bribery case of former first lady Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, marking the first ruling of three criminal trials she faces.The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to hold the sentencing hearing at 2:10 p.m., which will be televised live.If found guilty, Kim and her husband would become the first former presidential couple to both be convicted. Yoon …
Seoul, Jan 27 (IANS) A South Korean court on Tuesday allowed live broadcasts of this week’s ruling on the corruption and bribery case of former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The Seoul Central District Court said it accepted broadcasters’ request to air the verdict, which will be delivered at a hearing scheduled for 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, Yonhap News Agency reported.The court typically allows live broadcasts in consideration of the public interest.Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team has requested a 15-y…
Seoul, Dec 24 (IANS) A special counsel team indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday on charges of receiving dozens of opinion poll results for free in violation of the Political Funds Act. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team announced the indictment in a notice to the press, saying it also indicted Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed power broker, on charges of providing the opinion polls to Yoon.Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, have been accused of receiving the results of 58 opinion…
Seoul, Dec 22 (IANS) Representative Kim Gi-hyeon of South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party (PPP) appeared for questioning on Monday in a special counsel investigation into bribery allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. Representative Kim arrived at the office of special counsel Min Joong-ki in central Seoul at around 1:30 p.m. as a suspect before being grilled about a luxury gift allegedly given to the former first lady two years ago.Min’s team previously asked the lawma…