Prosecutors to Summon Korea’s Park Over Scandal as Protests Grow
- President to clarify her position on investigation on Tuesday
- Hundreds of thousands of Koreans marched in Seoul on Saturday
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South Korean prosecutors said they wanted to question President Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal a day after hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in central Seoul to demand her resignation.
Officials want to interview Park on Tuesday or Wednesday, the prosecutors’ office said in a text message Sunday. The president will be questioned as a witness, the prosecutors said. A notice was sent to the presidential Blue House Sunday and prosecutors are awaiting a response, they said. The president will clarify her position on the investigation on Tuesday as she needs time to arrange her schedule and to appoint a lawyer, her spokesman Jung Youn-kuk said in a text message.