▲ This file composite photo shows former President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and self-proclaimed power broker Myung Tae-kyun. (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Ex-President Yoon sentenced to 2 yrs in prison in 'free opinion poll' case

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SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison after finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker.

The Seoul Central District Court delivered the verdict after a special counsel team indicted the former president on charges of receiving opinion polls worth about 270 million won (US$180,100) in total from the power broker, Myung Tae-kyun, for free between April 2021 and March 2022.

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