An appeals court overturned a not-guilty verdict against an opposition lawmaker and sentenced him to one year in prison.
Still, the Seoul High Court suspended the sentence for two years, meaning Park Jie-Won, a lawmaker of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, would not have to serve prison time if he stayed out of trouble during that period.
The upper court convicted the 73-year-old of receiving 80 million won ($70,600) from bankers and a businessman from 2008 and 2011 in return for peddling his influences. (Yonhap)
