In Korea, Getting Out of Jail Costs Money
The suspension of a three-year prison sentence for Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong Koo, convicted of embezzlement in February, if he donates $1 billion to charity, is the latest and most dramatic example of a uniquely Korean form of justice.
Chung isn’t the first to escape jail by delivering large sums of money to a variety of causes that “aid so…
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