South Korea: Ex-president Park Geun-hye faces 30-year sentence

South Korean prosecutors are seeking a 30-year jail term for ex-president Park Geun-hye in a corruption case which led to her impeachment. 

Park, 66 was dismissed in March and is standing trial on charges of bribery, abuse of power and coercion in a case that has rocked the country's business and political elite. 

She denies wrongdoing. Prosecutors are also seeking 118.5bn won ($127.1m) fine for Park who has been detained since March 31 last year.

The Liberty Korea Party a conservative opposition party formerly led by Park condemned the call for jail.

"What the prosecution is demanding is harsher than the death penalty," the party said in a statement.

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA
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