City councilor gets life imprisonment for contract killing of wealthy man
Social affairsOct 27, 2014
A Seoul court on Monday sentenced a member of the Seoul municipal council to life in prison for abetting the murder of a wealthy businessman to whom he owed hundreds of thousands of dollars.Kim Hyung-sik, a 44-year-old Seoul city councilor, was convicted for instigating a friend, identified only by his surname, Paeng, to kill the 67-year-old victim, surnamed Song.The Seoul Southern District Court said nine jury members delivered a unanimous guilty verdict and a sitting judge upheld the jury's de