Lawyers for South Korea's Park accuse court reviewing impeachment of bias


FILE PHOTO - South Korea's President Park Geun-hye disembarks her plane after arriving at Ottawa International Airport, Canada September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - Lawyers for South Korean President Park Geun-hye accused one of the judges reviewing her impeachment of bias on Wednesday and asked him to excuse himself, in a dramatic twist in a case engulfing members of the political and business elite.

The Constitutional Court rejected the request, drawing objections from the lawyers who have argued that parliament's vote to impeach Park in December has no legal justification.

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