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Woman at center of South Korean presidential crisis is detained
Source: Washington Post
Woman at center of South Korean presidential crisis is detained
By Anna Fifield November 1 at 3:16 AM
TOKYO — The woman accused of acting as South Korea’s “shadow president” has been jailed under emergency detention laws, as prosecutors question her about what exact role she played for the real president, Park Geun-hye.
Park is facing the worst crisis of her tumultuous four-year presidency after allegations that Choi Soon-sil, her close friend of four decades, has had undue influence on state affairs.
The case has incensed the country to the point where early on Tuesday, a 45-year-old man drove an excavator from a town about 150 miles south of Seoul and into the prosecutors' office where Choi is being held, destroying the door. He later told police he wanted to "help Choi Soon-sil die as she said she committed a sin that deserves death," the Yonhap news agency reported.
The Seoul central district prosecutors' office has 48 hours to seek a warrant to formally arrest Choi, who is 60.
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By Anna Fifield November 1 at 3:16 AM
TOKYO — The woman accused of acting as South Korea’s “shadow president” has been jailed under emergency detention laws, as prosecutors question her about what exact role she played for the real president, Park Geun-hye.
Park is facing the worst crisis of her tumultuous four-year presidency after allegations that Choi Soon-sil, her close friend of four decades, has had undue influence on state affairs.
The case has incensed the country to the point where early on Tuesday, a 45-year-old man drove an excavator from a town about 150 miles south of Seoul and into the prosecutors' office where Choi is being held, destroying the door. He later told police he wanted to "help Choi Soon-sil die as she said she committed a sin that deserves death," the Yonhap news agency reported.
The Seoul central district prosecutors' office has 48 hours to seek a warrant to formally arrest Choi, who is 60.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/woman-at-center-of-south-korean-presidential-crisis-is-detained/2016/11/01/1f804ea2-9fba-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_story.html