The South Korean authorities, have pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving time in prison for corruption, IgbereTV reports.
The country’s Justice Ministry which made the announcement on Friday, said Park’s pardon “is aimed at promoting national unity in the face of difficulties caused by the Coronaviruspandemic.”
Park Geun-hye was arrested and sent to prison in 2017, after being removed from office following a corruption scandal that prompted months of protests.
She was on a list of people receiving special amnesty and was pardoned from “a perspective of national unity”, Justice Minister Park Beom-kye explained to reporters following the ministry’s announcement.
The Justice Minister was quoted as saying that the former president’s pardon was discussed during a two-day meeting of the ministry’s amnesty review committee earlier this week, adding that the health factor “was a very important criterion” in the amnesty decision
