Special Counsel Challenges 4-Year Sentence for Former First Lady Kim Keon Hee
Prosecutors appeal to Supreme Court seeking harsher penalty after Seoul High Court raised sentence from 20 months to 4 years
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- South Korea's special counsel team has appealed the Seoul High Court's ruling that increased former first lady Kim Keon Hee's prison sentence from 20 months to four years for corruption charges.
- The prosecution had sought a 15-year term for Kim, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was convicted of stock price manipulation and accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church.
- Both the special counsel and Kim's defense team have challenged the appellate decision to the Supreme Court.
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Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was originally sentenced to 20 months in prison but the Seoul High Court increased this to 4 years. The case involves allegations of stock price manipulation and acceptance of luxury gifts from the Unification Church, which was a major political scandal during Yoon's presidency.
SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team said Monday it has challenged an appeals court ruling sentencing former first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in prison on corruption charges. The Seoul High Court raised Kim's sentence from 20 months to four years in prison Tuesday, finding her partially guilty of involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme and guilty of accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church. Special counsel Min Joong-ki's team had sought a 15-year prison term for the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol after indicting her on charges of violating the Capital Markets Act, the Political Funds Act and a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation. The team appears to have appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court to dispute the appellate court's acquittal of her on charges of violating the political fund law for allegedly receiving free opinion poll results from a self-proclaimed power broker. Kim's lawyers have also appealed the ruling.
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Supreme Court will likely hear the appeal within 6-12 months
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The Supreme Court may modify the sentence either upward or uphold the current 4-year term
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Preguntas abiertas
- Will the Supreme Court accept the appeal and increase the sentence?
- What specific evidence supports the stock manipulation charges?
- What was the total value of luxury gifts received from the Unification Church?
