South Korean former President's old friend arrives at court as Park’s supporters hold rally
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875734
South Korean former President's old friend arrives at court as Park’s supporters hold rally
- Title: South Korean former President's old friend arrives at court as Park’s supporters hold rally
- Date: 23rd May 2017
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (MAY 23, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** SOUTH KOREAN FORMER PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE'S OLD FRIEND, CHOI SOON-SIL, WALKING OUT OF BUS AND BEING ESCORTED BY GUARDS LOTTE GROUP CHAIRMAN, SHIN DONG-BIN, WALKING INTO COURT BUILDING, AND BOWING EXTERIOR OF SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT SIGN ON BUILDING READING (Korean): "COURT" VARIOUS OF PARK GEUN-HYE'S SUPPORTERS GATHERING NEAR COURT AND WAVING SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAGS MAN WAVING SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAG AND PARK'S SUPPORTERS HOLDING BANNER READING (Korean): "PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE IS INNOCENT. RELEASE HER IMMEDIATELY!" PARK'S SUPPORTERS HOLDING FLAGS PARK'S SUPPORTERS HOLDING PAPER READING (English): "PRESIDENT PARK IS INNOCENT. RELEASE QUICKLY" (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 55-YEAR-OLD PARK GEUN-HYE SUPPORTER, LEE SNAG-HEE, SAYING: "We know (former) President Park Geun-hye is innocent. So we gathered here and will wait until she finishes (the trial) to support her and show her that the people will be with her." VARIOUS OF PARK'S SUPPORTERS SINGING AND WAVING FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 48-YEAR-OLD PARK GEUN-HYE SUPPORTER, CHANG HYUNG-RYEOL, SAYING: "The court and prosecutors should release her from illegal detention immediately and agree to review the Constitutional Court's decision of Park's impeachment. I dare say today's process of Park Geun-hye's trial is totally illegal." MORE OF PARK'S SUPPORTERS WAVING FLAG PARK'S SUPPORTER HOLDING BANNER SHOWING PARK'S PICTURE AND LETTER READING (Korean): "RELEASE THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY" RALLY IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 6th June 2017 04:24
- Keywords: Lotte Shin Dong-bin Choi Soon-sil rally former President Park Geun-hye trial South Korea supporters arrival
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0016I2681X
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: South Korean former President Park Geun-hye's old friend, Choi Soon-sil, and Lotte Group chairman, Shin Dong-bin, arrived at Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday (May 23) to attend Park's first corruption trial.
As the trial began, hundreds of Park's supporters were seen gathering near the court and holding a rally to insist on Park's innocence and demand her release.
Park abused her power and pressured companies to pay her tens of millions of dollars in bribes, a prosecutor told a Seoul court at the beginning of the trial.
If found guilty of taking bribes from business leaders including Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee, one of the key accusations that led to her impeachment, Park faces more than 10 years in jail. Park, the country's first democratically elected leader to be removed from office, is charged with taking bribes worth about 29.8 billion won ($26.65 million) from Lee alone. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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