Seoul, Dec 3 (NationPress) A special counsel team has requested a 15-year prison sentence for ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee, citing charges of corruption and bribery.

During the concluding hearing of Kim's trial at the Seoul Central District Court, special counsel Min Joong-ki made this demand after indicting her in August for breaching the Capital Market Act, the Political Funds Act, and laws concerning bribery in mediation, as reported by Yonhap News Agency.

The spouse of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol is implicated in a scheme with a former head of Deutsch Motors, a BMW dealer in South Korea, and a close associate, to manipulate the company's stock price, allegedly reaping 810 million won (approximately US$552,670) in unlawful profits from 2010 to 2012.

For this offense, the special counsel has requested 11 years in prison, alongside a 2 billion won fine and forfeiture of about 811 million won.

Additionally, Kim is accused of obtaining free opinion polls valued at 270 million won together with her husband from a self-identified power broker prior to the 2022 presidential election, in return for assisting the nomination of former People Power Party Rep. Kim Young-sun in a parliamentary by-election.

Moreover, she is suspected of accepting luxury gifts worth 80 million won from the Unification Church through a shaman in exchange for business advantages in 2022.

The special counsel has also sought a four-year prison term and a forfeiture of 137 million won for the bribery allegations. The court has scheduled the sentencing hearing for January 28. Kim has been incarcerated since August 12, while her husband is also detained and facing trial on insurrection charges related to his failed attempt to enforce martial law last December.