South Korean Constitutional Court continues hearing for president's impeachment case

Record ID: 163206

  • Title: South Korean Constitutional Court continues hearing for president's impeachment case
  • Date: 5th January 2017
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (JANUARY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) COURT HEARING ON PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE'S IMPEACHMENT CASE IN PROGRESS SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S CHIEF JUDGE, PARK HAN-CHUL (CENTRE), JUDGES AND SHORTHAND TYPISTS SEATED PARK SPEAKING JOURNALISTS AND AUDIENCES SEATED LAWYERS OF SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE, TALKING LEADER OF SAENURI LEGISLATORS ON THE PARLIAMENTARY IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE, KWON SUNG-DONG (LEFT), AND MEMBER OF IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE, TALKING SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S JUDGE, KANG IL-WON (RIGHT), AND SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S JUDGE, KIM CHANG-JONG (LEFT) SEATED JOURNALISTS AND AUDIENCES SEATED JUDGES SEATED AND SHORTHAND TYPISTS TYPING COURT HEARING IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT EMBLEM READING (Korean): "CONSTITUTIONAL COURT" FLAG OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLYING
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2017 02:11
  • Keywords: South Korea president Park Geun-hye impeachment constitutional court hearing political scandal
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015XSZXHH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The South Korean Constitutional Court on Thursday (January 5) continued the official hearing for President Park Geun-hye's impeachment case over the political scandal.
    However, Park didn't attend her impeachment trial again as she was absent the first hearing on Tuesday (January 3).
    Instead, a former prosecutor who is part of the team representing Park, Lee Joong-hwan, and a leader of the ruling Saenuri Party legislators on the parliamentary impeachment proceedings committee, Kwon Sung-dong, have started the first argument at the hearing.
    President Park was indicted in a December 9 parliamentary vote by a wider-than-expected margin after being accused of colluding with a friend to pressure big businesses to make contributions to non-profit foundations backing presidential initiatives.
    Park's fate is in the hands of Constitutional Court judges who have up to 180 days to uphold the impeachment or reinstate her.
    The President met domestic media reporters on Sunday (January 1) in the first public event since her impeachment by parliament on December 9.
    She denied allegations of wrongdoing in a political scandal that threatens her presidency, saying the accusations against her were "fabrication and falsehood", local media reported.
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