The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison and issued a forfeiture order of 12.8 million won ($9,000), finding her guilty of receiving bribes from the Unification Church.
The court acquitted Kim of her other charges, including her alleged participation in the Deutsch Motors stock manipulation scheme and the illegal obtaining of public opinion polling data from a close aide.
“The defendant abused her position for her own personal gain,” Judge Woo In-sung said in the ruling. “She failed to reject high-value luxury goods offered in connection with the Unification Church’s lobbying efforts and instead accepted them for her own personal adornment.”
The court found Kim guilty of re
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