Former South Korean president jailed after losing appeal
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak arriving at court to attend his original trial in 2018 (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-je)/ Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was taken to prison Wednesday to begin a 17-year term for bribery and embezzlement after losing an appeal against a lighter sentence. Lee, in office from 2008 to 2013, was briefly jailed in 2018 after being sentenced to 15 years and fined 13 billion won ($11 million), but was granted bail while he appealed. He was found guilty of creating slush funds of tens of millions of ...
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