Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-president granted government pardon
20 May 2024
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison term for a vast corruption scandal, BBC reported.
The 69-year-old was convicted of abuse of power and coercion in 2018 after she was impeached the previous year, the report said.
She was her country’s first democratically-elected leader to be forced from office.
Park has been hospitalised three times this year due to chronic shoulder and lower back pain.
Local news outlet Yonhap said Park, who was among the beneficiaries of Moon’s special amnesty for the new year,...
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