South Korean President Geun-hye bought 360 Viagra pills on Kenyan visit

Park’s office said she doesn’t have anything to answer for, and has suggested the probe has been politically motivated.

The office of South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Wednesday it had bought dozens of Viagra pills while preparing for her trip to Africa this year, not for anyone’s erectile dysfunction but to treat possible altitude sickness.

The corruption scandal has sparked mass rallies in the capital, Seoul, and elsewhere in the country, with protesters demanding the president’s resignation over the scandal.

According to documents submitted by prosecutors to the court, Park allegedly ordered Choi and one of Park’s ex-aides previous year to collect money from businesses to help support the launch of the two nonprofit foundations controlled by Choi.

She was in Kenya for a three-day visit which saw her travel with close to 200 people, including government officials and businessmen.

Choi and a former Park aide were formally indicted on charges of abuse of power and coercion, while another aide was charged with leaking confidential state documents.

South Korea’s Constitution gives the president immunity from arrest or indictment except for certain crimes against the state like treason.

South Korean law stipulates that the Constitutional Court should make the final decision within 180 days after it receives an impeachment proposal from the National Assembly.

“The special investigation team concluded that based on the evidence secured to date, the president was in complicity with Choi Soon-sil, An Chong-bum and Jeong Ho-seong to a considerable degree”, Lee told a news conference.

The saga took on a odd twist when rumors swirled of Choi’s links to a religious cult, depicting her as a “shaman” who has been manipulating Park through supernatural means and even comparing her to Russian mystic Rasputin.

“There’s been a tremendous domestic outcry and some leaders of opposition political groups have called for her to step down”.

Some Saenuri lawmakers – more than enough to pass the motion in cooperation with the opposition parties – expressed their support for the presidential impeachment. “Likewise, her own party has not placed pressure on Park to resign”, pointed Cha.

Park, the daughter of slain military dictator Park Chung-hee, first met Choi in the 1970s, around the time Park was acting as first lady after her mother was killed during a 1974 assassination attempt on her father.

Two smaller opposition parties have already said they will seek to remove Park.