Park Geun-hye transferred to Seoul Detention Center after arrest

법원 영장심사 결과에 따라 박근혜 전대통령 서울구치소 수감

We start with news that former president Park Geun-hye has been arrested.
The Seoul Central District Court announced its ruling at slightly after THREE AM, Korea time.... some four hours ago.
She's been detained on a slew of charges including bribery, abuse of power, coercion and leaking government secrets.
Park becomes the third former South Korean president to be arrested... and if found guilty, she could find herself serving many, many years behind bars.
Let's start at Seoul Detention Center, located in Uiwang , Gyeonggi-do Province,... Park's new home for the foreseeable future.
Our Shin Se-min is there for us.
Semin,... what's the atmosphere like there now? Are we seeing any massive protests from Park's supporters like the ones we've seen around her private residence recently?


The current mood here is rather calm, especially compared to a couple of hours ago when the convoy of vehicles carrying the disgraced former president arrived at the detention center at 4:45 AM.
When she arrived,... Park was driven past a large group of die-hard pro-Park supporters asserting her innocence,... as well as those in support of the court's decision.
The level of security has been reduced somewhat since her arrival and we're seeing less activity outside the facility.
Like you said,... this place is going to be the former president's new reality for up to 20-days.
After that time she will be presented with formal charges of bribery, abuse of power, coercion and leaking government secrets that could see her jailed for at least 10 years... perhaps longer.

Remarkable scenes as the former president was driven inside,... looking visibly tired and anxious. Semin,,, tell us more about what Park will go through at Seoul Detention Center. Will she receive any special treatment as the former leader?

No.
It's fair to say that Park's life of comfort is over now.
As with all suspects brought here,... Park has... or will soon go through a physical checkup,... described as an embarrassing process,... as the guards have to make sure the suspects don't have anything they shouldn't.
She will then be required to change into a yellow and green color prison uniform before being transferred to her solitary cell
Size-wise it will be equal to that of the prison cells assigned to past former presidents who had also served some jail time, which is larger than six-and-a-half square meters.
Just like anyone else entering, she will be stripped off of all her personal belongings and will only be given simple toiletries, a blanket and tableware for her meals.
Here at the facility center, Park will lead her life based on rules and guidelines,... such as getting up at 6-30am and lights out at 9-PM.
She will only be allowed a limited number of visitors a day but she will be allowed unlimited access to her lawyers.
And these rules are also being followed by a number of other once-powerful figures who got mixed up in this scandal.
They are Samsung's de facto boss Lee Jae-yong, the woman at the heart of the scandal Choi Soon-sil,her niece Jang Si-ho, Choi's close associate Cha Eun-taek, the ex-presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon and the former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun are all jailed here at the facility.
The Korea Correctional site says they are not allowed any contact with each other.
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