Reduced sentence for ex-presidential aide

Woo Byung-woo, a former senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, leaves the Seoul High Court in southern Seoul, Thursday, after having his sentence reduced to one year in prison for ordering the illegal surveillance of public officials. The appellate court reduced the sentence for one of the key figures in the massive corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye from four years given by a lower court, after dismissing other charges including negligence of duty and abuse of power. Yonhap