The South Korean authorities detained a former President, Park Geun-Hye
In relation to the ex-head of state indicted on 13 counts.
MOSCOW, March 30. /TASS/. The South Korean authorities took custody of the former President, Park Geun-Hye on charges of corruption, reports Yonhap.
The Seoul court issued a warrant for the arrest of the former President on charges of bribery, abuse of power and rendering illegal pressure and leaking of state secrets.
Scandal, Park Geun-Hye broke out in October 2016, when the press appeared information about the impact of the head of state from her friend Choi sung-SIL. The investigation revealed that for several years Choi sung-SIL was devoted to the details of governance and interfered with the course of political decision-making.
Friend Park Geun-Hye has put pressure on several companies to enumerate them tens of millions of dollars in controlled assets. The South Korean opposition says that the former President was involved in corruption or at least was aware of what was happening.
In December 2016, the South Korean Parliament voted to impeach the Park Geun-Hye, and on March 10 approved the constitutional court
In a statement from the Prosecutor’s office noted that “at the moment it collected a lot of evidence, but because the suspect is denying most of the charges, there is a likelihood that any evidence she destroyed. It would be unfair not to seek her arrest as her accomplice Choi sung-SIL, officials who followed her directions, and those who gave bribes, were detained”.
In respect of ex-President indicted on 13 counts, including corruption, abuse of power and intentional tolerance of leakage of state secrets.