Yoon Seok-youl, chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, arrives at a Prosecutor's office in Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 2017. You Seung-kwan/News1 via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) - A high-flying prosecutor, who was demoted under impeached former president Park Geun-hye, is overseeing the case against her as Park made her first appearance in court on Tuesday to face criminal charges over the corruption scandal that ousted her.
Yoon Seok-youl, 57, was demoted for defying his boss's order to back off a 2013 investigation into Seoul's spy agency over its suspected efforts to illegally support Park Geun-hye's 2012 presidential bid. At the time, leading a special investigation team, Yoon pressed on with the probe anyway, arresting spy agency officials and raiding their offices.
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