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South Korea’s President Park Arrested

South Korea’s President Park Arrested
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South Korea's embattled former president Park Geun-hye was incarcerated at a detention center following a court decision to approve a warrant for her arrest.

South Korea’s President Park Arrested

Prosecutors requested Park's arrest earlier this week over bribery and abuse of power charges during her tenure.

On Friday, a judge at the Seoul Central District Court said in a statement that, "The cause and the need for the warrant are recognized as the main charges against her have been verified and as evidence could be destroyed," in a reference to the prosecutors' concern that Park could destroy evidence if she remained free.

Prosecutors submitted 120,000 pages of documents to the judge.

About two hours after the ruling, Park was taken to the Seoul Detention Center located just outside the capital city. She could remain locked up for up to 20 days while she is being investigated over the scandal.

Park is accused of colluding with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, to pressure big businesses, including Samsung, to contribute huge sums to non-profit foundations that were set up to back up her initiatives.

Park, 65, became the country's first democratically-elected leader to be ousted from office when the Constitutional Court upheld a parliamentary impeachment vote against her on March 10.

She lost her impunity from prosecution when the March ruling was issued.

Park has denied wrongdoing but publicly apologized several times for carelessness in her ties with Choi, who has also denied the accusations against herself.

Choi is in detention while on going through a trial of her own.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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