Words in the news : coporate crime
	The chairman of Hyundai Motors, one of South Korea's largest companies,
	has been sentenced to XXXXXXXXX  on corruption charges. Chung Mong-Koo 
	was accused of taking about a hundred million dollars from companies associated with Hyundai. 

What sentence do you think he might get?  
  
Vocabulary

	He entered the court through a gauntlet of press photographers

	The judge passed a stiff sentence

	three years short of 100

	the judge took into account his previous good behaviour

	The judge was well known for the leniency of his sentences

	He was accused of amassing over ten million in 

	The complany kept a slush fund to pay off local officials

	The bribes were given to smooth the way for the company's new factory

Comprehension

	How old is he?

	What sentence did he get?
	Is this considered lenient or stiff?
	What reason was given for this sentence?
	What sentence did the prosecution demand?
	What mitigating circumstances were there?

	What, exactly, was he accused of?
	Why did he do it?

	What was the company's reaction to his sentnce?