Seoul – Former South Korean president Park Geun Hye appeared in a Seoul court Thursday to hear whether she will face arrest over corruption allegations, local media reported.
The result of the hearing is expected to come out late Thursday or early Friday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
If the arrest warrant is issued, Park will immediately be taken to a detention centre south of Seoul, Yonhap added.
Prosecutors requested her arrest on Monday, after having spent 14 hours interrogating her last week.
Park faces charges of “bribery, abuse of power, coercion and leaking government secrets” relating to the scandal surrounding her confidante Choi Soon Sil.
Park, 65, South Korea’s first female president, was impeached by the National Assembly in December on charges of colluding with Choi to extort money from top South Korean companies and of allowing her to interfere with state affairs.
The impeachment removed the immunity that had protected Park from criminal prosecution.
-dpa
