influence peddling scheme hits president park in korea november 07, 2016 influence peddling scheme hits president park in korea 




a south korean court said on sunday it had issued arrest warrants for two former presidential aides under investigation in an influence peddling scandal that has sent president park geun-hye's approval rating to a record low. tens of thousands of south koreans demonstrated at a rally on saturday evening in central seoul demanding that park resign over the scandal involving an old friend, choi soon-sil, who is alleged to have used her closeness to the president to meddle in state affairs. park's approval rating has fallen to just 5 percent, the lowest since such polling began in 1988, according to a gallup korea survey released on friday. the seoul central district court said in a statement that it granted a warrant to prosecutors to arrest an chong-bum, a former senior advisor for park, who faces charges of abuse of power and attempted extortion. an was already in custody under an emergency detention order. 




prosecutors are looking into allegations that an and choi forced south korean conglomerates to donate funds to non-profit foundations. 




the court said it also issued an arrest warrant for a second former presidential aide, jeong ho-seong, who also had already been held in temporary custody. 




prosecutors apprehended jeong late on thursday on suspicion of leaking classified information. 




an and jeong both stepped down late last month amid the deepening crisis. article by doc burkhart , vice-president, general manager and co-host of trunews with rick wiles got a news tip? email us at help support the ministry of trunews with your one-time or monthly gift of financial support. donate now ! download the trunews mobile app! click here!
influence peddling scheme hits president park in korea
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