Former president of South Korea Pak Kyn Hhe, convicted of corruption, was released after the decision of the authorities about the pardon. This is reported by the Yonhap agency.
Ex-president held four years and nine months in prison consequence. The decision on pardon was made on humanitarian considerations, taking into account its health. In 2019, Pak Kyn Hehe was made by a surgical surgery on his shoulder, and in 2021 the former president was hospitalized several times due to chronic shoulder pain and spine.
Where the former head of state will go after liberation, is unknown. The house in which she lived, sold. In Pak Kyn HE, the right to state protection is distributed, but other privileges are not supplied.
The presidential powers of Pak Kyn HE were suspended in 2017 as a result of the impeachment procedure. She was accused of corruption and in April 2018 sentenced to imprisonment. The prosecutor’s office demanded for her 30 years in prison and a fine of 118.5 billion van (about 95 million dollars). The court sentenced it to 24 years of imprisonment and a fine of about $ 95 million.
Edition South China Morning Post notes that all the latest South Korean presidents have come to prison after the end of their timing.