SEOUL: South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Monday appealed against a court ruling sentencing her to 20 months in prison for accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church.
Last Wednesday, the Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence, making Kim and her husband, ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's first former presidential couple to be imprisoned with criminal convictions.
The court found Kim guilty of accepting a Chanel bag and a Graff diamond necklace, along with business favors from the Unification Church in 2022, ordering her to also forfeit 12.8 million won (USD 8, 770), Yonhap News Agency reported.