Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (centre). Park Geun-hye
briefly left prison to receive medical care at a hospital in Seoul on
May 9, 2018, a spokesman for the medical facility said. AFP PHOTO |
CHUNG SUNG-JUN
SEOUL,
Disgraced
former South Korean president Park Geun-hye briefly left prison to
receive medical care at a hospital in Seoul on Wednesday, a spokesman
for the medical facility said.
Park
was convicted of corruption and jailed for 24 years last month,
completing a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first female
leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.
The
66-year-old has been allowed out of prison several times for treatment
for ailments including a toe injury and backache and for dental care
since her arrest in March last year.
Park arrived at the civilian hospital Seoul St. Mary's accompanied by prison authorities, the spokesman said.
He declined to give further details but Yonhap news agency said she will be treated for her chronic back pain.
APPEAL
Park,
who has boycotted all court hearings since October claiming unfair
treatment, has waived her right to appeal against the lower court
ruling.
However prosecutors have
argued the sentence was too lenient for Park and an appeals trial is
expected to begin as early as this month.
Park's
immediate predecessor Lee Myung-bak is in custody while prosecutors
investigate multiple corruption charges involving him and his relatives.
Both
ex-presidents hail from the conservative Liberty Korea Party, which is
running far behind the ruling centre-left Democratic Party in popularity
ahead of local elections in June.
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