Prosecutors demanded a 30-year imprison term for ex-South Korean President

Seoul, Feb 27 Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year imprison term for previous South Korean President Park Geun-hye regarding a massive corruption scandal that prompted her expulsion from the post last year.

Park was illegally removed in March a year ago by the South Korean national assembly on charges related to influence peddling by her best helper in a point of interest court ruling.

Her presidential powers and duties were suspended with the confirmation of the arraignment.

The former South Korean President is blamed for colluding with her long-term companion and associate, Choi Soon-sil, to blackmail 59.2 billion won (USD 55.2 million) from big conglomerates, for example, Samsung, Lotte and SK, in return for business favors.

Park was charged of 18 counts of corruption, including pay off, abuse of energy and spilling state insider facts in April a year ago. She has been under presentencing detention since she was arrested later that month, the Yonhap news agency reported.

She is also suspected of letting Choi meddle in state undertakings despite the fact that she held no official specialist or any post in the administration, to which she has invalidated the charges and pleaded not guilty.

Two weeks back, Choi was condemned to 20 years in jail and has appealed the ruling.

Also, Park has not showed up for the hearing at the Seoul Central District Court after the court expanded her confinement in October a year ago, bringing up issues about her confidence in the legal.

Park is South Korea's first female president (2013-17) and is also the daughter of Park Chung-hee, who was the nation's leader from 1961 to 1979.

She is also the first president to be impeached before the finish of her five-year tenure.