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South Korean ex-health minister, pension fund official face appeal for tougher sentences after jailing in Samsung bribery case

By Ron Lubosco ( June 12, 2017, 05:14 GMT | Insight) -- South Korean special prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal involving the country's ex-health minister and a former National Pension Service official have filed an appeal against their sentences, asserting that they are too lenient. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced former health minister Moon Hyung-pyo to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment on Friday for putting pressure on the National Pension Service to approve a merger between Samsung C&T and Cheil industries in 2015. South Korean special prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal involving the country's ex-health minister and a former National Pension Service official have filed an appeal against their sentences, asserting that they are too lenient....

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