{"id":96798,"date":"2017-04-04T18:34:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T22:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96798"},"modified":"2017-04-04T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T22:34:23","slug":"s-korean-prosecutors-grill-arrested-ex-president-park-over-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/04\/s-korean-prosecutors-grill-arrested-ex-president-park-over-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Korean prosecutors grill arrested ex-President Park over corruption allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96799\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1779751_430829993715763_2033127940_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96799\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1779751_430829993715763_2033127940_n.jpg\" alt=\"Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader. (Photo: \ubc15\uadfc\ud61c Park Geun-Hye\/ Facebook)\" width=\"500\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1779751_430829993715763_2033127940_n.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1779751_430829993715763_2033127940_n-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ghpark.korea\"> \ubc15\uadfc\ud61c Park Geun-Hye\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SEOUL\u2013South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday grilled former President Park Geun-hye, who has been taken into custody over corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader.<\/p>\n<p>She was removed from office in a ruling on March 10 by the constitutional court which upheld the impeachment bill.<\/p>\n<p>The special investigation headquarters of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors&#8217; Office, tasked with the probe into the corruption scandal embroiling Park, said via text message that the grilling of Park kicked off at about 10 a.m..<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors visited the detention center, not summoning Park, for guard reasons. Park was summoned on March 21 for questioning over multiple charges including bribery, abuse of power and coercion.<\/p>\n<p>Park is accused of conspiring with her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil, who is also in custody and on trial, to receive tens of millions of US dollars in bribes from Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent of the country&#8217;s biggest family-controlled conglomerate.<\/p>\n<p>The bribes were given in exchange for providing assistance in Lee&#8217;s inheritance of Samsung&#8217;s management control from his ailing father Chairman Lee Kun-hee who has been hospitalized for almost three years.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors already identified Park and Choi as criminal accomplices. A total of 13 charges were levied at Park.<\/p>\n<p>Choi is charged with extorting tens of millions of dollars from scores of business conglomerates to establish two nonprofit foundations she used for personal gains.<\/p>\n<p>One of Park&#8217;s former secretaries was accused of leaking confidential government documents to Choi on a regular basis to let Choi meddle in state affairs behind the scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL\u2013South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday grilled former President Park Geun-hye, who has been taken into custody over corruption allegations. 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