Appeals court reduces ex-special counsel's sentence to 6 yrs in bribery case

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SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court on Wednesday reduced former special counsel Park Young-soo's sentence on bribery-related charges by one year to six years in prison.

The Seoul High Court also fined Park 200 million won (US$150,000) and ordered him to forfeit 200 million won after finding him guilty of accepting the same amount from a private developer for campaign funds in his bid for the head of the Korean Bar Association.

The court acknowledged the transactional nature of the exchange, noting the developer had asked Park, who then served as Woori Bank's board chair, for the bank to join talks on a consortium for the Daejang-dong property project in Seongnam, south of Seoul.

A lower court had sentenced Park to seven years in prison after convicting him of accepting 300 million won from the developer.

The appellate court found him guilty of accepting only 200 million won, citing inconsistencies in the developer's testimony on the rest of the amount.

It upheld the lower court's acquittal and dismissal of other charges against Park, including allegations that he belonged to the so-called "5 billion-won club" in connection with the Daejang-dong project.

The club's members were allegedly promised or received 5 billion won each from asset management firm Hwacheon Daeyu, the project's investor.

Park rose to fame after investigating a corruption scandal involving the ousted former President Park Geun-hye as a special counsel in 2017.

Former special counsel Park Young-soo arrives at the Seoul High Court in southern Seoul to attend his appellate trial on bribery-related charges on Oct. 21, 2026. (Yonhap)

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首尔，10 月 21 日（韩联社）——周三，一家上诉法院将前特别检察官朴英洙因受贿罪名判处的刑期减少一年，改为六年有期徒刑。

首尔高等法院还判处朴某罚款 2 亿韩元（约合 15 万美元），并责令其没收 2 亿韩元，原因是法院认定他接受了一名私人开发商提供的相同数额的资金，作为其竞选韩国律师协会会长的竞选资金。

法院承认了此次交易的交易性质，并指出开发商曾要求当时担任友利银行董事长的朴正熙加入首尔以南城南市大藏洞房地产项目的财团谈判。

下级法院判处朴某七年有期徒刑，罪名是收受开发商3亿韩元贿赂。

上诉法院认定他只收受了 2 亿韩元，理由是开发商对剩余金额的证词前后矛盾。

最高法院维持了下级法院对朴槿惠的无罪判决，并驳回了对朴槿惠的其他指控，包括他与大藏洞项目有关的所谓“50亿韩元俱乐部”的指控。

据称，该项目的投资方——资产管理公司华川大宇承诺或实际向该俱乐部成员每人支付了 50 亿韩元。

朴槿惠在 2017 年担任特别检察官，调查被罢黜的前总统朴槿惠的腐败丑闻后声名鹊起。

2026年10月21日，前特别检察官朴英洙抵达首尔高等法院，出席其受贿案上诉审判。（韩联社）

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