BBC Online :
Thousands of people have rallied in Seoul, demanding the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The protest comes after Ms Park ordered 10 of her
senior advisers to quit after admitting she had allowed an old friend to edit political speeches.
Choi Soon-sil, who holds no government job, is also suspected of meddling in policy-making and exploiting her links with the president for financial gain.
On Saturday, prosecutors raided the homes of several presidential aides.
They seized computers and files belonging to the officials who are suspected of being Ms Choi’s accomplices.
Police said about 8,000 protesters took to the streets on Saturday evening. Organisers said some 20,000 people turned out. Many held posters reading “Step down, Park Geun-hye”. “Park has lost her authority as president and showed she doesn’t have the basic qualities to govern a country,” position politician Jae-myung Lee was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
Ms Park’s televised apology over the scandal last week failed to defuse the situation, only sparking widespread accusations of mismanagement.
The scandal has badly eroded her popularity before next year’s elections, with some opposition parties calling on her to resign.
Thousands of people have rallied in Seoul, demanding the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The protest comes after Ms Park ordered 10 of her
senior advisers to quit after admitting she had allowed an old friend to edit political speeches.
Choi Soon-sil, who holds no government job, is also suspected of meddling in policy-making and exploiting her links with the president for financial gain.
On Saturday, prosecutors raided the homes of several presidential aides.
They seized computers and files belonging to the officials who are suspected of being Ms Choi’s accomplices.
Police said about 8,000 protesters took to the streets on Saturday evening. Organisers said some 20,000 people turned out. Many held posters reading “Step down, Park Geun-hye”. “Park has lost her authority as president and showed she doesn’t have the basic qualities to govern a country,” position politician Jae-myung Lee was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
Ms Park’s televised apology over the scandal last week failed to defuse the situation, only sparking widespread accusations of mismanagement.
The scandal has badly eroded her popularity before next year’s elections, with some opposition parties calling on her to resign.
