대법, 이재용 '뇌물공여' 인정...박근혜•최순실도 '파기환송'<br /><br />South Korea's Supreme Court delivered its final verdict today on the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment and imprisonment of former President Park Geun-hye.<br />The top court sent back the cases to a lower court for a retrial, and it's widely believed that both Park and Lee will face heavier sentences as it ruled a larger sum of Lee's donations constitute bribes for his political gains.<br />Arirang's Choi Si-young has our top story.<br />The Supreme Court has found Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong guilty of two counts of bribery... for the three horses and one-point-three U.S. million dollars he gave to former President Park Geun-hye's confidante Choi Soon-sil.<br />He will sit for a retrial at the appeals court.<br />The Supreme Court also asked the appeals court to review Park's prison sentence again because she was given a combined sentence for bribery and corruption... while the law requires separate sentences for public officials convicted of bribe-taking<br />That means Park will likely get another prison sentence at the appeals court.<br />For Park's confidante, Choi Soon-sil, the court says the charge that she extorted money from local companies is not clearly proven and it asked the lower court to review those charges again.<br />At retrial, she's likely to get her prison sentence reduced.<br />While all of those involved in the corruption scandal will go through a retrial at the appeals courts, all eyes are on Lee Jae-yong, as he is likely to face a prison sentence this time.<br />And watchers speculate this may push South Korea's largest tech giant into an extended period of difficulties amid the simmering trade tensions between South Korea and Japan.<br />Choi Si-young, Arirang News.<br />
