South Korea's top court sends back jailed ex-president Park Geun-hye's corruption case to a lower court for separate trials for her previously convicted charges, a ruling that could increase her already-lengthy prison term
This file photo taken on August 25, 2017 shows South Korean foremr leader Park Geun-hye arriving at a court in Seoul.
An appellate court earlier sentenced Park to 25 years in prison over bribery, extortion, abuse of power and other charges.But the Supreme Court ordered the Seoul High Court to deal with Park's bribery charge separately from other charges. Park was also earlier convicted of colluding with senior government officials to blacklist artists critical of her government to deny them state assistance programs.
Park, a daughter of late President Park Chung-hee, was once the darling of conservatives in South Korea and dubbed by local media as "Queen of election" for her ability to win tight elections. The Supreme Court said the interpretation by the Seoul High Court on what constituted bribes by Samsung to Park was too narrow.
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