Former South Korean president jailed after losing appeal
epa08111611 South Korea's former President Lee Myung-bak arrives to attend a final hearing at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, 08 January 2020. Lee, who was freed on bail from a detention center on 06 March 2019, is appealing a 15-year sentence for bribery, embezzlement and other acts of corruption. EPA-EFE/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA OUT
FORMER South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was taken to prison today to begin a 17-year term for bribery and embezzlement after losing an appeal for a lighter sentence. Lee, in office from 2008 to 2013, was briefly jailed in 2018 after being sentenced to 15 years and fined 13 billion won , but was granted bail while he appealed.
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