South Korea’s ousted President Park Geun-Hye appears in court
SEOUL: South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye was grilled for nearly nine hours in court on Thursday as a judge deliberated whether she should be arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.
Looking grimfaced and pale, Park ignored a barrage of press flashbulbs and did not speak when she arrived at the Seoul Central District Court, nor when she left.
She was taken to a prosecutor’s office to await the judge’s decision, which was not expected until late into the night. Being taken into custody would be a dramatic step in the disgrace of South Korea’s first woman president, and is a key demand of the millions of people who took to the streets to protest against her as the scandal engulfed her leadership last year.
Looking grimfaced and pale, Park ignored a barrage of press flashbulbs and did not speak when she arrived at the Seoul Central District Court, nor when she left.
She was taken to a prosecutor’s office to await the judge’s decision, which was not expected until late into the night. Being taken into custody would be a dramatic step in the disgrace of South Korea’s first woman president, and is a key demand of the millions of people who took to the streets to protest against her as the scandal engulfed her leadership last year.
