MP loses seat after jail term upheld


A top court upheld a pro­minent MP’s two-year jail term for taking bribes from the Unification Church, effectively strip­ping him of his parliamen­tary seat.

Kweon Seong-dong, a five-term lawmaker from the opposition People Power Party (PPP), was sentenced to two years in prison by a lower court for accepting 100 million won (RM273,300) in illegal political funds in exchange for helping the church, often condemned by critics as a cult.

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