South Korean prosecutors on
Tuesday demanded a 30-year-jail sentence for former president Park
Geun-hye for corruption and abuse of power.
Park, 66, was sacked by the country's top court in March last year over a
wide-ranging corruption scandal and has been held in custody for almost
a year now.
"We ask the court to hand down 30
years in prison and (a fine of) 118.5 billion won ($110 million) for the
accused, who must take the ultimate responsibility for the scandal as
the 18th president of this country," prosecutors said in a statement
read out in court.
Prosecutors asserted that Park, in
collusion with her secret confidante and long-time friend Choi Soon-sil,
took or was promised bribes totalling 59.2 billion won ($52 million)
from three South Korean companies, Samsung, Lotte and SK, in return for
policy favours.
Park also been charged with coercing
18 large firms to "donate" a total of 77.4 billion won to two dubious
foundations controlled by Choi.
The Seoul Central District Court
earlier this month found Choi guilty of abuse of power, bribery and
interfering in government business, sentencing her to 20 years in
prison.
AFP
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