#Ujasusi - Issue #70: South Korea: Ex-Spy Chief Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison in Retrial of Political Meddling Case; Opposition Accuses Intelligence Agency NIS Chief Park Jie-won of Smear
An appeals court on Friday sentenced Won Sei-hoon, South Korea’s former intelligence chief, to nine years in prison in a retrial of a political meddling case.
The Seoul High Court sentenced Won, who headed the National Intelligence Service (NIS) from 2009-13 under former President Lee Myung-bak, to nine years in prison for causing losses to the state cof…