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Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded the death penalty for 32-year-old Lee Ki-young for murdering a taxi driver involved in a car crash and an ex-girlfriend last year.
A 32-year-old man accused of murdering a taxi driver involved in a car crash as well as an ex-girlfriend attended a court hearing Wednesday on the request of an arrest warrant for him.
Photo : YONHAP News A local court has sentenced the mother-in-law of opposition presidential hopeful Yoon Seok-youl to three years in prison for operating a medical facility without being a medical professional and accepting billions of won in state subsidies for its operation.
The Uijeongbu District Court on Friday convicted the woman, surnamed Choi, of violating the country s medical law.
The court recognized Choi s active participation in the management of a nursing home she helped found with three others in 2013, despite not being a licensed medical professional.
The facility, located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, received two-point-three billion won from the National Health Insurance Service while Choi was involved in its operation from February 2013 to May 2015.