South Korean court continues preparatory hearing on President Park's impeachment case

Record ID: 162499

  • Title: South Korean court continues preparatory hearing on President Park's impeachment case
  • Date: 27th December 2016
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (DECEMBER 27, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** JUDGES OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND SHORTHAND TYPISTS SEATED JUDGES SEATED EMBLEM OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGES SEATED LEADER OF SAENURI LEGISLATORS ON THE PARLIAMENTARY IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE, KWON SUNG-DONG (RIGHT), AND MEMBER OF IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE SEATED AT CLAIMANT'S SIDE MEMBER OF IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE AND KWON SEATED LAWYER OF SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE, LEE JOONG-HWAN (LEFT) AND OTHER LAWYERS OF PARK SEATED AT CLAIMEE'S SIDE LEE AND OTHER LAWYER SEATED PRELIMINARY HEARING ON PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE'S IMPEACHMENT CASE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLAG OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLYING
  • Embargoed: 11th January 2017 06:43
  • Keywords: constitutional court impeachment president park geun-hye trial
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015ENRU4L
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: South Korea's Constitutional Court on Tuesday (December 27) held its second preparatory hearing on President Park Geun-hye's impeachment case.
    Park was indicted in a December 9 parliamentary vote by a wider-than-expected margin after being accused of colluding with friend Choi Soon-sil to pressure big businesses to make contributions to non-profit foundations backing presidential initiatives.
    The Constitutional Court must decide whether to uphold parliament's December 9 motion to impeach Park, which could take up to 180 days and, if successful, trigger an election two months later.
    Neither Park nor Choi appeared in court on Tuesday.
    The court said it would hold the next preparatory hearing on December 30 and begin hearing arguments on January 3.
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