Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and imprisoned for 1 year and 9 months. New Year's Day 2019, which just passed, was her second New Year in prison. Some Korean media have disclosed Park Geun-hye's recent situation: she does not go out behind closed doors and refuses to see her family, but as a former president, she is still popular, and many prisoners regularly greet her with good morning every day.
South Korean media "New East Asia" quoted ex-prison personnel and politicians as saying that whether it is sports, bathing or weekly religious activities, Park Geun-hye never participates, but always stays in the cell. In addition, she refused to be visited by her family and only met with lawyer Liu Rongxia.
The report said that although Park Geun-hye stayed behind closed doors all day and acted in a low profile, she still had a strong presence in prison. Every morning at nearly 6 a.m., many prisoners chant "Park Geun-hye!" president! Good morning! " slogan, greetings to the former president.
The ivory prison uniform worn by Choi Soon-sil was sought after by prisoners. (KBS News)
On the other hand, the protagonist of "GanZhengmen" and Park Geun-hye's girlfriend Choi Soon-sil, is also full of presence in prison, and is even regarded as a "fashionista" by prisoners because of her ivory white prison uniform. It turned out that such prison uniforms were limited to suspects and were limited in number, and some prisoners would even trade privately while exercising or doing religious activities.
Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil as a young man (Seoul Economy)
Ms. Park is currently detained in the Seoul Detention Center, where she is serving a total of 33 years in prison, including 25 years in the second-instance trial for cronies interfering in politics, 2 years in election interference, and 6 years in the State Council for bribery. In mid-October 2017, Ms. Park was absent from court after protesting against judicial misconduct and rarely appeared in front of the media.
On August 24 last year, the Seoul High Court pronounced a second-instance judgment on Choi Soon-sil's suspected abuse of power and coercion, and Choi Soon-sil was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 20 billion won (about 120 million yuan).
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