SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ahead of an impeachment vote later this week, lawmakers took turns grilling a K-pop music director, a fashion designer and nearly a dozen others said to be linked to a woman at the heart of a scandal that threatens to bring down South Korea’s president.
Missing, however, was the woman, the jailed confidante of President Park Geun-hye, who cited a panic disorder for her refusal to attend the hearing Wednesday, the latest step in what appears to be the final days in power for Park.
Prosecutors say Park, who faces an impeachment vote Friday, let her friend of 40 years, Choi Soon-sil, control government affairs and extort companies. Park denies it.
More details in Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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