Seoul, July 13 (IANS) A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison after finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker.The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jailed former president on charges of violating the Political Funds Act in a ruling that marked a departure from a separate trial where his wife was acquitted on the same charges…
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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…