- Title: Supporters of South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye hold rally near court
- Date: 29th August 2019
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AUGUST 29, 2019) (REUTERS) BALLOONS AND FLAG SUPPORTING SOUTH KOREA'S FORMER PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE IN AIR / SOUTH KOREAN PROTESTERS SITTING IN FRONT OF SOUTH KOREA'S SUPREME COURT VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS SUPPORTING PARK AND CHANTING MAN SPEAKING ON STAGE / SIGN READING (Korean): "STOP POLITICAL REVENGE AND HUMAN DETENTION AGAINST (FORMER) PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE WHO WAS IMPEACHED WITHOUT COMMITTING ANY SINS" (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) PARK GEUN-HYE'S SUPPORTER AND JOINT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH KOREA'S OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY, CHO WON-JIN, SAYING: "President Park Geun-hye is actually innocent. She is not guilty of anything, but was robbed of power by the pro-North Korean and anti-American forces. The trial itself is unacceptable. Today's trial will remain an unjust one in Korean history." MAN SPEAKING ON STAGE IN FRONT OF SIGN READING (Korean): "RELEASE PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE" PROTESTERS SITTING BEHIND LARGE SCALE SOUTH KOREAN FLAG AND U.S. FLAG HOLDING ANTI-PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN SIGNS PROTESTERS SITTING AT RALLY EXTERIOR OF SOUTH KOREA'S SUPREME COURT / RALLY IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 12th September 2019 10:13
- Keywords: South Korea protest supporters lawmakers former president Park Geun-hye court
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AU9RSXZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Over a hundred protesters held a rally in support of South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye in front of the Supreme Court in Seoul on Thursday (August 29).
The rally was organised by lawmakers from the Our Republican political party. Protesters chanted slogans and held large banners in support of Park.
Earlier in the day, South Korea's Supreme Court overturned part of a ruling that sent Park to prison on corruption charges, citing procedural problems.
The court sent the case back to the appellate Seoul High Court, which had sentenced Park to 25 years in prison in a case arising from a far-reaching corruption scandal that toppled her from power in 2017.
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