Special prosecutors confirm arrest of daughter of South Korean leader's friend in Denmark

Record ID: 162960

  • Title: Special prosecutors confirm arrest of daughter of South Korean leader's friend in Denmark
  • Date: 2nd January 2017
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (JANUARY 2, 2017) (REUTERS) SPOKESMAN FOR THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, LEE KYU-CHUL, BOWING AND STANDING AT PODIUM / WALL READING (Korean): "SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR INVESTIGATION ON THE INFLUENCE-PEDDLING SCANDAL CENTRED AROUND PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE AND CIVILIANS INCLUDING CHOI SOON-SIL" JOURNALISTS SEATED LEE STANDING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SPOKESMAN FOR THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, LEE KYU-CHUL, SAYING: "We're closely working together with relevant bodies to quickly bring back Chung Yoo-ra arrested in Denmark. We will give specifics details, depending on how we handle the situation." JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SPOKESMAN FOR THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, LEE KYU-CHUL, SAYING: "We are going through an extradition and urgent request for an imprisonment (of Chung Yoo-ra) through the Ministry of Justice. We are trying to contact Chung Yoo-ra through the Ambassador to Denmark and Ministry of Foreign Affairs." NEWS BRIEFING IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL'S OFFICE BUILDING SIGNBOARD READING (Korean): "INDEPENDENT COUNSEL'S OFFICE FOR INVESTIGATION ON THE INFLUENCE-PEDDLING SCANDAL CENTRED AROUND PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE AND CIVILIANS INCLUDING CHOI SOON-SIL"
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2017 07:15
  • Keywords: special prosecutors Chung Yoora Choi Soon-sil's daughter corruption scandal Danish police Park impeachment South Korea
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015XE0JET
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: South Korea's special prosecutors said on Monday (January 2) they were working to bring back Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of South Korean President Park Geun-hye's friend, after she was arrested in Denmark.
    South Korean authorities had been seeking the arrest of Chung for her ties to an influence-peddling scandal in which her mother, Choi Soon-sil, is a central figure.
    The scandal has led to Park's impeachment by parliament on Dec. 9, paralyzed the government and drawn hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets of the capital, Seoul, for weekly demonstrations.
    Chung was arrested at about 4 a.m. Seoul time (1900 GMT) on Monday in the northern Danish city of Aalborg for staying illegally, according to the Korea National Police Agency.
    A source in the special prosecutors' office in Seoul, who declined to be identified, said the office would work with European authorities to extradite Chung, which could take one or two weeks.
    "We are going through an extradition and urgent request for an imprisonment (of Chung Yoo-ra) through the Ministry of Justice. We are trying to contact Chung Yoo-ra through the Ambassador to Denmark and Ministry of Foreign Affairs," said the spokesman for the special prosecutors' office, Lee Kyu-chul.
    Chung, a 20-year-old equestrian competitor who trained in Germany, became a figure of public ire in South Korea last year after it emerged that she had received special treatment from the prestigious Ewha Womans University, where her admission was subsequently cancelled.
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