2016–17 South Korean protests

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on April 6, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a corruption scandal that saw months of massive street rallies calling for her ouster.

By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, SEOUL, South Korea, Apr 6 - South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.

South Korean prosecutors on Feb.27 sought a 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country’s business and political elite.

Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is to be charged with accepting millions of dollars’ worth of bribes from the state spy agency, news reports said Jan. 4.

Former President Park Geun-hye denied corruption charges Tuesday at the start of a criminal trial that could potentially send South Korea's first female leader to prison for life.

Police had earlier escorted Park, in handcuffs, into court for her first public appearance since she was jailed on March 31 for corruption allegations that led to her removal from office.