The former South Korean president has been released from prison

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been released from prison after about five years, according to Fars News Agency International Group.

Reuters reports that she has spent nearly five years in prison for corruption, and that there is now a debate in South Korean political circles about what role Ms. Park will play in the March 2022 presidential election. کرد.

Last January, South Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced Park Geun-hye to 20 years in prison for colluding with a friend who was traveling to the presidential palace. His accomplice, who is currently in prison, has been charged with accepting bribes from major South Korean companies such as Samsung and Latte.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in pardoned Ms. Park last week over her physical deterioration and to build political unity in the country.

South Korean media have published images showing Ms. Park leaving the hospital where she was admitted last month following an amnesty letter.

Park has not spoken to the media, but her lawyer says Ms. Park has apologized to the people of the country for raising public concerns and thanked the South Korean president for making the difficult decision to pardon her.

Park came to power as South Korea’s first female president in 2013, but was impeached by parliament in 2016 and ousted by the Constitutional Court before the end of her term in 2017. He was later convicted in 2018 of bribery, extortion and abuse of power.

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