{"id":396657,"date":"2017-06-23T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T08:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/23\/south-korean-ex-presidents-friend-jailed\/"},"modified":"2017-06-23T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T08:40:56","slug":"south-korean-ex-presidents-friend-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/23\/south-korean-ex-presidents-friend-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean ex-president\u2019s friend jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"439\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/South-African.jpg.pagespeed.ce.WHROpV2F99.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"South-African jail\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3020797834\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A close friend of <strong>South Korea<\/strong>\u2018s former president has been jailed for three years for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Choi Soon-sil\u2019s conviction for soliciting favours for her daughter is the first in a wide-reaching influence-peddling scandal which brought down President Park Geun-hye.<\/p>\n<p>She had acted for years as an adviser to Ms Park, who has been impeached and is also on trial.<\/p>\n<p>Choi also faces charges that she accepted bribes for Ms Park.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park has denied all allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Choi was found guilty of using her position to influence officials at a university to admit her daughter, Chung Yoo-ra, as well as give her daughter grades for papers or exams she never took.<\/p>\n<p>The court stated in its verdict that \u201cshe committed too much wrongdoing to consider the actions were out of love as a mother who wants the best for her child,\u201d according to the Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Two former officials at the prestigious Ewha Womans University in Seoul have also been jailed for colluding with Choi.<\/p>\n<p>Choi still faces other charges including abuse of authority, coercion, attempted coercion and attempted fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Ms Chung, an award-winning dressage rider, was involved in economic crimes, exam fraud, obstructing business and concealing criminal proceeds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/_96602443_35791232-bb73-4ec5-a0bd-23e09118a0d8.jpg\" alt=\"Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, answers questions from the press after arriving at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, May 31, 2017.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3437276723\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She has denied all these accusations and said she had no knowledge of her mother\u2019s dealings, including those with Ms Park.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Chung, 21, was arrested in Denmark earlier this year and extradited to South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>She is currently not in detention in Seoul. On Tuesday a local court said there was no need to detain her and refused the prosecution\u2019s request for an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Choi is on trial accused of using her presidential connections to pressure companies to give millions of dollars in donations to two non-profit foundations she controlled.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange, it is alleged they received preferential treatment from the government.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park is alleged to have been personally involved, instructing Choi and two presidential aides to collect money for the launch of the foundations.<\/p>\n<p>The claims have swept up some of South Korea\u2019s biggest companies, including electronics giant Samsung.<\/p>\n<p>The de-facto head of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, is on trial. Several other Samsung executives and former presidential aides are also either facing trial or are under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Choi is also accused of having received confidential government documents from Ms Park.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park was arrested in April and preliminary hearings began in May.<\/p>\n<p>She has previously admitted to some lapses, such as consulting Choi for advice and letting her edit presidential speeches, and has apologised for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A close friend of South Korea\u2018s former president has been jailed for three years for corruption. Choi Soon-sil\u2019s conviction for soliciting favours for her daughter is the first in a wide-reaching influence-peddling scandal which brought down President Park Geun-hye. She had acted for years as an adviser to Ms Park, who has been impeached and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":396658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Korean ex-president\u2019s friend jailed - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/23\/south-korean-ex-presidents-friend-jailed\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"South Korean ex-president\u2019s friend jailed - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A close friend of South Korea\u2018s former president has been jailed for three years for corruption. 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