ROK Contemplating Arrest of Former President Park

[Navarro]

"A court in South Korea has started deliberations on whether to arrest the country’s ousted president Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. The embattled former president arrived at the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday morning local time to attend a hearing session over accusations regarding her alleged collusion with a confidante to extort money from big businesses, involvement in bribery, leaking government information, and abusing executive powers. South Korean prosecutors have already submitted around 120,000 pages of documents to the court in relation to the charges against the 65-year-old Park and said it would be 'counter to the principle of fairness' if she was not arrested ... Park could face more than 10 years in jail if she was convicted of receiving bribes and would then be South Korea’s third former president to be arrested in a criminal case. Earlier on Thursday, hundreds of Park’s supporters scuffled with police as they had gathered near her Seoul residence, waving national flags and chanting slogans before she left for the court."
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/03/30/516093/South-Korea-Seoul-Central-District-Court-Park-Geunhye-arrest

 

[Navarro]

"Just three weeks after South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally ousted from power, she has been arrested for her role in the scandal that led to her impeachment. A district court in Seoul issued the warrant early Friday local time, hours after the disgraced politician appeared before the court for questioning ... Park faces 13 charges in total, including bribery, abuse of power and the leaking of state secrets. She can be held in jail for up to 20 days as the investigation unfolds. 'There is a concern over destruction of evidence' ... She has been taken to the same detention center where Samsung's de facto head, Jay Y. Lee, is also being held in connection to the same corruption scandal. Worth some $6 billion, Lee is accused of approving the millions in bribes to Choi ... With her arrest, Park becomes the third former president in South Korean history to face the possibility of prison time. Two other former leaders, Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, were charged after they left office with improperly collecting millions from businesses while they were in office. They were both pardoned after short jail stints and now live near one another in a tony Seoul neighborhood."
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/30/522080508/south-korean-court-approves-arrest-warrant-for-ousted-leader-park-geun-hye

 

[Obreid]

"Just three weeks after South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally ousted from power, she has been arrested for her role in the scandal that led to her impeachment. A district court in Seoul issued the warrant early Friday local time, hours after the disgraced politician appeared before the court for questioning ... Park faces 13 charges in total, including bribery, abuse of power and the leaking of state secrets. She can be held in jail for up to 20 days as the investigation unfolds. 'There is a concern over destruction of evidence' ... She has been taken to the same detention center where Samsung's de facto head, Jay Y. Lee, is also being held in connection to the same corruption scandal. Worth some $6 billion, Lee is accused of approving the millions in bribes to Choi ... With her arrest, Park becomes the third former president in South Korean history to face the possibility of prison time. Two other former leaders, Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, were charged after they left office with improperly collecting millions from businesses while they were in office. They were both pardoned after short jail stints and now live near one another in a tony Seoul neighborhood."
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/30/522080508/south-korean-court-approves-arrest-warrant-for-ousted-leader-park-geun-hye

Sounds like Illinois minus the pardons. Being a successful gov in Illinois only requires not ending up in jail after your tenure.