South Korea’s Park implicated in corruption case, president’s friend & aides charged – prosecution

‘In the strongest accusation in the scandal to date, South Korean prosecutors said President Park Geun-hye had a role of an accomplice in the corruption case, which saw her friend and two former aides charged with abuse of power – but can’t be charged due to immunity.
Park’s friend Choi Soon-sil and ex-presidential aide An Chong-bum have been charged with abuse of power and are being probed over meddling into state affairs, the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Lee Young-ryeol, has announced.
Another ex-aide Jeong Ho-seong has been indicted with leaking classified information to Choi. Both Jeong and An have stepped down.’

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