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| Ex-South Korean president Park Geun-hye arrested | |
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| Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested over a corruption scandal that led to her dismissal, officials say. | |
| The former president is accused of allowing her close friend Choi Soon-sil to extort money from companies in return for political favours. | |
| Ms Park, who was impeached earlier this month, has denied the allegations. | |
| She is the third former president of South Korea to be arrested over criminal allegations, Yonhap reports. | |
| The Seoul Central District Court earlier issued a warrant to detain Ms Park on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion and leaking government secrets, after a nearly nine-hour court hearing on Thursday. | |
| Ms Park lost her presidential immunity and was dismissed from her post when the constitutional court upheld a decision by parliament to impeach her. | |
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| Ms Choi is accused of using her presidential connections to pressure companies to give millions of dollars in donations to non-profit foundations she controlled. | |
| Ms Park is alleged to have been personally involved in this, and to have given Ms Choi unacceptable levels of access to official documents. | |
| Judges had said the former president had broken the law by allowing Ms Choi to meddle in state affairs, and had breached guidelines on official secrets by leaking numerous documents. |