South Koreas ex-president Park Geun-hye found guilty
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the court ruled that park colluded with her old friend choi soon-sil to receive tens of billions of won from major conglomerates such as samsung and lotte to help chois family and fund non-profit foundations owned by her2 park was impeached and arrested in march 20172 the spectacular fall from grace of a former conservative icon who cast herself in the role of an incorruptible daughter of the nation has captivated south koreans either side of the political divide2 former south korean president park geun-hye has been found guilty ofabuse of power and bribery and faces up to 30 years in prison1 the seoul central district court began reading the verdict on live television early today. park was absent in court but her flag-waving supporters gathered outside1 park the daughter of assassinated dictator park chung-hee faces a total of 18 charges1 prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence and a 118.5 billion won 112 million fine for park after indicting her on charges that included bribery abuse of power and coercion1