Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to two years in prison for accepting illegal political funds, in the latest conviction for the leader ousted after his failed 2024 bid for martial law.
The Seoul Central District Court on July 13 found Yoon guilty of accepting funds in the form of free opinion polls, in violation of the Political Funds Act, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
In its ruling, the court determined that Yoon had received 14 opinion polls from political broker Myung Tae-kyun for free between April 2021 and March 2022. Alongside the prison sentence, Yoon was ordered to forfeit 13.96 million won ($9,300)….Â
Former South Korean President Sentenced to 2 Years in Political Funding Case
