South Korea's former president Park Geun-Heke has sentenced 24 years in prison to a court in the country. The sentence was given on Friday for abuse of power and corruption. Of the 18 charges brought against former President, 16 have been proved in the allegations.
According to the BBC report, the Park was fined $ 18 million and was also fined. The entire verdict of the verdict was broadcast directly on television. Park was not present in the court when the verdict was announced. He was in prison.
Judge Kim told the judge, "The park has not made any kind of reproof even after creating bigger chaos in the country. I can keep him accountable."
The corruption of the park on behalf of the South Korean President's House Blue House has been described as frustrating for the nation.
Former President Park has been refusing to accept the charges brought against him from the beginning. He also accused the court of being biased. Park said it would appeal against the verdict.
During the verdict, thousands of supporters of the park were seen gathering outside the court.
In February 2013 Park took the responsibility of South Korean President as the first woman. Since then, he has been accused of violating the Constitution. According to the friend Choi Sun-Seal Park, he was accused of handing over 65 million dollars in the name of donations from 50 organizations. Among them are companies like Samsung and Hyundai. The allegation is that the money was taken in the name of a suspected foundation. According to the complaint, Park benefited financially from these funds.
After these accusations, in December 2016, South Korean lawmakers gave their verdict to convince Park. Since then, he has been suspended for the post of President. On March 10, 2017, the court finally finalized the constitutional court. Then he was arrested.
Park is in prison for more than a year However, he refused to appear before the court on most of the hearings. He did not appear in the court even after the final verdict was announced.
However, allegations of corruption against South Korean presidents are not a new phenomenon. Last month, another former President Lee Myong-Baker (2008-13) was charged with corruption. Earlier, during the investigation of corruption in 2009, another former president Roh Moo-huun (2003-08) committed suicide. Before that, two former Presidents Chun Du-Hwan and Roh So-Wu were convicted of sedition and corruption in the 1990s.