A judge has ruled luxury gifts passed to Kim Keon-hee were ‘grease payments’, contradicting an earlier verdict and threatening her appeal
The man at the centre of it all is Jeon Seong-bae, a high-profile shaman better known as “Monk” Gunjin who was convicted on Tuesday of acting as a go-between for Kim and senior figures of the Unification Church – channelling luxury gifts, cash and requests for political favours through the back corridors of presidential power.
Seoul Central District Court’s Criminal Division 33 sentenced him to six years in prison, one year more than prosecutors had sought.
The ruling throws Kim’s own appeal, already among the most politically charged legal proceedings in the country’s recent history, into sharp relief.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
