{"id":352337,"date":"2017-03-21T13:24:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/03\/21\/ousted-s-korean-president-park-geun-hye-faces-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2017-03-21T13:24:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T13:24:52","slug":"ousted-s-korean-president-park-geun-hye-faces-prosecutors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/03\/21\/ousted-s-korean-president-park-geun-hye-faces-prosecutors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousted S Korean President Park Geun-hye faces prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is being questioned by prosecutors over a corruption scandal that brought her down.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving at the office, she told reporters she was \u201csorry\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park resisted efforts to question her when she was president, but lost her immunity when judges upheld parliament\u2019s decision to impeach her.<\/p>\n<p>She could be charged for allegedly allowing close friend Choi Soon-sil to extort money from large firms.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Choi has been charged with bribery and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors are expected to hold Ms Park for a marathon questioning session that will last till late in the night. One of her lawyers said a doctor was doing check-ups during breaks \u201cas her health isn\u2019t looking well\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Ms Park\u2019s supporters gathered outside her home in an affluent suburb of Seoul, as she was escorted by police to the prosecutors\u2019 office in a short journey covered live on television.<\/p>\n<p>People waved the South Korean flag, a symbol of the pro-Park movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sorry to the people. I will faithfully cooperate with questioning,\u201d Ms Park told the media when she arrived.<br \/>Ms Park is the first democratically elected leader to be ousted in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people celebrated in Seoul after her removal from office on 10 March. However, there were also angry protests by her supporters outside the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<p>The court ruling was the culmination of months of political turmoil and public protest. An election will now be held by 9 May.<\/p>\n<p>Hwang Kyo-ahn, who is loyal to Ms Park, is currently the acting president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did Park lose her job?<\/strong><br \/>At the heart of the drama lies the close friendship between Ms Park and Ms Choi.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Choi is accused of using her presidential connections to pressure companies to give millions of dollars in donations to non-profit foundations she controlled.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park, 65, is alleged to have been personally involved in this, and to have given Ms Choi unacceptable levels of access to official documents.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament voted to impeach Ms Park in December.<br \/>On 10 March, the Constitutional Court ruled that Ms Park\u2019s actions \u201cseriously impaired the spirit of\u2026 democracy and the rule of law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Judges said she had broken the law by allowing Ms Choi to meddle in state affairs, and had breached guidelines on official secrets by leaking numerous documents.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park had \u201cconcealed completely Choi\u2019s meddling in state affairs and denied it whenever suspicions over the act emerged and even criticised those who raised the suspicions,\u201d the ruling said.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry is the hardest word. Park Geun-hye used it again today, on the way into her inquisition. She said it nine days ago when she was evicted from the presidential palace \u2013 she was sorry that she couldn\u2019t fulfil her presidential duties until the end of her elected term.<\/p>\n<p>And last year, she was \u201csorry for causing concern among the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the plethora of apologies still hasn\u2019t added up to an admission of any wrongdoing (beyond being too trusting of those around her).<\/p>\n<p>Even as she said sorry last week, she asserted that her innocence will emerge. Which it may.<\/p>\n<p>One thing had changed slightly in the period since her ousting and today\u2019s appearance before the prosecutor is when she returned home as a private citizen, she was all smiles and defiant.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it was a wan smile \u2013 though, guilty or innocent, nobody would relish hours and hours of tough, detailed questions about what dirty deals were done \u2013 or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What could happen now?<\/strong><br \/>Prosecutors are now questioning Ms Park in what could be a lengthy days-long process.<\/p>\n<p>They had previously accused Ms Park of colluding with Ms Choi, which Ms Park has strenuously denied. She had also previously refused to take part in investigations.<\/p>\n<p>But now that she has lost her presidential immunity, she could be charged for abuse of power and coercion to bribery.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanaguru.com\/2017\/03\/21\/ousted-s-korean-president-park-geun-hye-faces-prosecutors\/\">Source: GhanaGuru.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is being questioned by prosecutors over a corruption scandal that brought her down. After arriving at the office, she told reporters she was \u201csorry\u201d. Ms Park resisted efforts to question her when she was president, but lost her immunity when judges upheld parliament\u2019s decision to impeach her. 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