Choi jailed for 3 years in S Korea

The woman at the centre of South Korea's corruption scandal, Choi Soon-Sil, was handed a three-year jail term for bribery Friday in the first of a string of criminal cases against her. The scandal involving Choi and her longtime friend, disgraced ex-president Park Geun-Hye who was ousted in March, has rocked the political and business elite. Choi was found guilty of abusing her ties with the president to force professors at Seoul's Ewha Woman's University to admit her daughter to the prestigious school and attempting to bribe teachers into giving good grades.