SEOUL: South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, completing a dramatic fall from grace for the country’s first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule. When the wide-ranging corruption scandal broke last year it prompted massive street protests against Park across the country. On Friday, the verdict was greeted with public displays of outrage and grief by several hundred Park supporters who had gathered outside the courthouse. “The rule of law in this country is dead today,” said Han Geun-hyung, a 27-year-old Park supporter. Park herself was not in court for Friday’s judgement which, in a rare move, was broadcast live on television.

Source: New Strait Times April 06, 2018 10:30 UTC