Three South Korean former spy chiefs were sentenced to jail on Friday (June 15) for bribing disgraced ex-president Park Geun Hye with millions of dollars from the country’s intelligence agency.

The trio were convicted of funnelling a total of 3.5 billion won (S$4.31 million) to Park while they each served as head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) under the then-president between 2013 and 2016.

“Special activities funds of the NIS should be spent on collecting intelligence”, the Seoul Central District Court said in a statement.

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