Former health minister receives 2.5 years in jail
An appeal court upheld the sentence of two-and-a-half years on Tuesday for a former health and welfare minister in connection with a corruption scandal involving ousted President Park Geun-hye.The Seoul High Court delivered the sentence to the 61-year-old Moon Hyung-pyo, who is accused of pressuring the National Pension Service (NPS) to approve a controversial merger of two Samsung units deemed vital for a smooth leadership transfer to the group’s heir Lee Jae-yong.
The court also retained the lower court’s two-and-a-half year sentence on Hong Wan-sun, then-head of the NPS asset management division, on charges of dereliction of duty. He is accused of inflicting losses on the pension fund by ordering the merger’s approval.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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