Posted on 10/05/2018 1:47:03 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Lee Myung-bak to 15 years in prison over a slew of corruption charges.
His conviction is yet another blow to conservatives in South Korea. His conservative successor Park Geun-hye is serving a 33-year prison term over a separate corruption scandal.
The Seoul Central District Court issued the sentence on Friday after convicting Lee of bribery, embezzlement and other charges.
Lee, who has denied most of the charges leveled on him, has one week to appeal.
Lee, who served as president from 2008-2013, has been held at a detention center in Seoul since his arrest in March.
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It was commented here on FR that reunification is going so swimmingly in part because the SK governments so very leftist and sees a commonality with the North.
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