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Lotte chief embroiled in influence-peddling scandal sentenced to 20 years jail
Published Tue, Feb 13, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Seoul
THE friend of former South Korean leader Park Geun Hye, who was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country's business and political elite, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail, a Seoul court said on Tuesday.
The court also sentenced the chairman of the Lotte Group, the country's fifth-largest conglomerate, to two years and six months in prison in the same case.
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