Day in court: Police leading Choi to the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul. — AP
SEOUL: A friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to Park’s impeachment in parliament denied charges of fraud and abuse of power on the first day of her trial.
The friend, Choi Soon-sil, 60, who had not appeared in public since arriving at a prosecutors’ office on Oct 31, was led into court by two correctional officers, her head down, wearing a bulky grey prison suit with a number on her chest.
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