Both Ms. Choi and Samsung’s top executive, Lee Jae-yong, have been arrested and indicted on a number of charges, including bribery. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWhen they indicted Ms. Choi and Mr. Lee, prosecutors had already identified Ms. Park as a criminal accomplice. Ms. Park was named by prosecutors as an accomplice when Mr. Lee was arrested. Huge crowds rallied in central Seoul every Saturday for months, demanding that Ms. Park be removed from office. As president, Ms. Park also refused to be questioned by prosecutors or testify at the Constitutional Court, calling the impeachment politically biased.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2017 03:05 UTC