Updated: Ex-South Korean President Park Geun-hye jailed 24 years
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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 jailed for 24 years1 park the daughter of assassinated dictator park chung-hee faced a total of 18 charges1 prosecutors sought 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