South Korea prosecution official confirms plan to question President Park

Choi was arrested recently for allegedly using her ties with Park to coerce donations from the firms and meddling in a wide range of state affairs although she holds no official position.

Protest organisers said they would continue to hold marches every Saturday until Ms Park stepped down. “She’s not my president. She needs to step down”, said 66-year-old Cho Ki-mang, one of the protesters.

The corruption scandal began when CNN South Korean affiliate JTBC found evidence that Choi had received secret documents on an abandoned tablet device.

“I’m here so that this country will be a better place for my daughters”, said Park Min-hee, 34, a housewife who was at the rally with her two young daughters and her husband’s parents.

Police deployed more than 25-thousand personnel to monitor the crowd and prepare against any possible altercations.

No South Korean president has ever failed to finish their five-year term, but Park has faced growing pressure from the public and political opponents to quit. “There will be significant confusion and uncertainty, but eventually opposition lawmakers are likely to tilt toward impeachment”.

Park has accepted an official investigation into her wrongdoings, and that probe is still ongoing. But with Ahn and other defendants claiming that they were following the President’s orders, critics are accusing the prosecutors of being too deferential toward Park. Prosecutors said Park’s questioning is essential for Choi’s upcoming indictment on November 19.

Face-to-face investigation is preferable in principle, the prosecution said, but details haven’t been decided upon where and how to prove the embattled president.

Prosecutors are investigating people close to Park over whether they had pressured dozens of the country’s biggest conglomerates to contribute to two foundations set up to support the cultural and sports communities.

Prosecutors have already questioned the de facto head of Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, and the chairmen of Hyundai Motor Group and Hanjin Group over the scandal, reports said on Sunday. He declined to comment further.

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As one of the protesters, high school student Chi Hee Jung, put it, “She says so many lies and she’s a liar, but we didn’t know that for a long time and now we have to speak loud”.

Even former supporters are turning against her. Kim Moo-sung, ex-leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, wrote in a social media posting on Sunday that it was time to impeach Park. “We want a real government”.