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The independent counsel Monday said that President Park Geun-hye received bribes from Samsung Group in a scheme involving nonprofit foundations set up by her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil.
“Park, in collusion with Choi, received bribes and illicit solicitation for her support of Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong’s succession process,” special counsel Park Young-soo told a news conference to announce the results of his investigation.
The counsel’s team -- the largest in South Korean history -- wrapped up its 70-day investigation into President Park on Feb. 28, handing its findings to state prosecutors.
It has indicted a total of 30, including Choi, Lee, and some of Park’s former aides.
The counsel booked President Park as a criminal suspect, but did not take any further action, as the sitting president has immunity to criminal liability.
....The counsel also said the Park administration’s blacklisting of cultural figures was “a systematic crime” conducted under the instruction of the president herself.
Seven have been indicted in relation to the list, which was used to discriminate against artists and cultural entities deemed unfavorable to the conservative president. They include former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon and former Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun.
Counsel finds Park colluded in bribery, artists blacklist
Now, the public prosecution takes over. This is lengthy.
“Park, in collusion with Choi, received bribes and illicit solicitation for her support of Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong’s succession process,” special counsel Park Young-soo told a news conference to announce the results of his investigation.
The counsel’s team -- the largest in South Korean history -- wrapped up its 70-day investigation into President Park on Feb. 28, handing its findings to state prosecutors.
It has indicted a total of 30, including Choi, Lee, and some of Park’s former aides.
The counsel booked President Park as a criminal suspect, but did not take any further action, as the sitting president has immunity to criminal liability.
....The counsel also said the Park administration’s blacklisting of cultural figures was “a systematic crime” conducted under the instruction of the president herself.
Seven have been indicted in relation to the list, which was used to discriminate against artists and cultural entities deemed unfavorable to the conservative president. They include former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon and former Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun.
Counsel finds Park colluded in bribery, artists blacklist
Now, the public prosecution takes over. This is lengthy.
