The Seoul Central District Court says Park Geun-hye has waived her right to an appeal against its ruling in her first trial.<br /> The court, earlier this month, handed the ex-president a prison sentence of 24 years,... and fined her roughly 17 million U.S. dollars.<br />She was found guilty of 16 offenses, including bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets.<br />The deadline for Park to appeal was last Friday,... however, she did not do so,... and an appeal filed by her sister now loses effect.<br />Despite her waiver, a second trial on a supplementary indictment begins today.<br />Park is alleged to have interfered with the 2016 general elections by using illegal opinion polls as a way to nominate candidates friendly to her. <br />
