South Korean prosecutors¹ on Monday indicted² former President Park Geun-hye on multiple corruption³ charges including bribery⁴ and abuse of power.

 

韩国检察机关周一起诉前总统朴槿惠犯下收贿以及滥用权力等多项腐败问题。

 

Park was accused of taking a total of 59.2 billion won (52 million U.S. dollars) in bribes⁵ both directly and indirectly⁶ from business conglomerates⁷, called chaebol here, and their founding families.

 

A total of 18 criminal charges were levied⁸ against Park, including bribery, abuse of power, extortion and the leakage⁹ of confidential¹⁰ documents.

 

The disgraced leader became the third South Korean president to be indicted by prosecutors.

 

Park was removed from office on March 10 as the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously to impeach¹¹ her over a corruption scandal. She was taken into custody¹² three weeks later.

 

Park, 65, was charged with colluding with her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil to receive tens of millions of U.S. dollars in bribes from Samsung Group and Lotte Group, while demanding millions dollars from SK Group.

 

Choi, who is now in custody, has been branded by prosecutors as a criminal accomplice¹³ of the impeached¹⁴ leader.

 

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin was separately indicted without detention¹⁵ on bribery charges.

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