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The World: Court upholds Ex-President’s Sentence In South Korea

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:17 am

A top court in South Korea has upheld the prison sentence handed to ex-president Lee Myung-bak a local website reported in the early hours of Thursday.

Lee Myung-bak, 78, who governed the nation from 2008 to 2013, was accused in April 2018 of 16 tallies of criminal claims, remembering theft for association with the car goes separate ways DAS and accepting pay-offs, as per the office.

Lee Myung-bak has so far denied the corruption charge level against him by the court of law early this year.

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