President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law, Choi Eun-soon, who had been in prison for forging documents, was released on parole on Tuesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law Choi Eun-soon, who has been in prison for forging documents, was determined eligible for parole by the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday.
The 76-year-old Choi Eun-soon was found guilty of forging documents and purchasing property using other people's names.
Her arrest was made after the appellate court upheld an earlier ruling in which the 77-year-old Choi was sentenced to one year in prison, in December 2021.
The mother-in-law of Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential nominee of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), was sentenced to one year in prison on Thursday for forging a financial document used in a past deal for land purchase.
Presidential frontrunner Yoon Seok-youl’s mother-in-law was convicted Friday of fraud and medical law violations linked to her hospital business and sentenced to a three-year prison term.
Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl’s mother-in-law on charges of fraud and medical law violations linked to a nursing hospital.
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