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When presidents face the law- from South Korea’s Park to Brazil’s Lula

Brazil’s Ex-President Lula Da Silva who is in prison for corruption charges. [Photo: Courtesy]

Former Brazil President Luiz Lula da Silva was most likely headed to win an election but the law is not a respecter of people. Big or small.

The populist politician is the latest president to be jailed. Lula surrendered himself to police on Sunday, ending a dramatic standoff.  He is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption having accepted a luxury apartment as a bribe from a construction company and is the biggest scalp so far in the "Car Wash” campaign against graft.

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