Appeals court reduces ex-justice minister's sentence to 9 years over martial law role
An appellate court on Wednesday reduced former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae's sentence from 25 years to nine years in prison over his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid. The Seoul High Court handed down the ruling for Park after overturning guilty verdicts for some of the key charges faced by Park in connection with his involvement in Yoon's short-lived declaration…
The Seoul High Court reduced the prison sentence of former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae from 25 years to nine years on Wednesday. The appellate court issued the ruling regarding Park's role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law declaration, overturning guilty verdicts for several key charges.
In a separate ruling, the Seoul High Court reduced former special counsel Park Young-soo's sentence on bribery-related charges by one year to six years in prison. The court found Park guilty of accepting 200 million won from a private developer for campaign funds during his bid for the head of the Korean Bar Association. The court ordered him to pay a 200 million won fine and forfeit 200 million won.
According to The Korea Times, the court noted the exchange was transactional, as the developer had requested that Park, while serving as Woori Bank's board chair, have the bank join consortium talks for the Daejang-dong property project. The appellate court overturned a lower court's sentence of seven years and its finding that Park had accepted 300 million won, citing inconsistencies in the developer's testimony regarding the total amount.
The court also upheld the acquittal and dismissal of other charges, including allegations related to a 5 billion-won club.
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