South Korea’s former president Park Geun-hye has been charged with bribery and abuse of power, a month after she was ousted from office over a corruption scandal that has rocked the country for months.
Ms Park is facing 14 charges that accuse her of allowing now-jailed confidante Choi Soon-sil to gain unauthorised access to classified documents, while allegedly colluding to extort $70m from businesses for two foundations in effect under Choi’s control.
“We’ve made our utmost efforts to get to the bottom of the case,” the prosecutors said yesterday, announcing their indictment of Ms Park.
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