Former President Park Geun-hye arrested.
Former President Park Geun-hye was arrested Friday, 21 days after she was removed from office by the Constitutional Court. Park became the nation’s third president to be put behind bars facing criminal charges, following Chung Do-hwan and Roh Tae-woo in the 1990s. The Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant at 3:03 a.m. following a hearing that lasted nearly nine hours.”There are considerable reasons and need to arrest (Park) as key charges have been substantiated considerably and concerns over the destruction of evidence still prevail”, presiding Judge Kang Bu-young said, approving the prosecution’s request to arrest her.