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| Independent Counsel Park Young-soo on Monday announced the results of the 70-day investigation of the Park Geun-hye scandal. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
Independent Counsel Park Young-soo on Monday announced the results of the 70-day investigation of the Park Geun-hye scandal. The major findings are:
1. The team looked into about 900 computers and mobile phones secured in 46 raids.
2. The team confirmed a "blacklist" and a "white list" of musicians and artists by which they got discriminated for or against by the government because of their political preferences. Among those responsible for the lists' creation are President Park Geun-hye, her friend Choi Soon-sil, former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun and former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon.
3. Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong embezzled 43.3 billion won and handed it to "President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil" as a bribe in return for the President helping Lee's succession to lead the nation's biggest conglomerate.
4. President Park used a mobile phone registered under a borrowed name, which is illegal. Park used the phone to communicate with Choi and her aides.
5. Park received medical treatment from unauthorized doctors more than 100 times.
6. It was unconfirmed whether Park received medical treatment on the day of Sewol sinking, April 16, 2014. Her whereabouts from 10 p.m. of April 15 to noon on April 17 remain accounted for.
7. The investigation team has frozen Choi's properties valued at 270 billion won.
8. Choi was confirmed to have illegally meddled in overseas business projects including ones in Myanmar, by taking advantage of her close ties to the President.
9. Many issues remain uninvestigated due to lack of time.
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