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Former President Park Geun-hye was released shortly before midnight. Former President Park is currently hospitalized and has not appeared in public.
Reporter Park Jae-hyun on the sidewalk.
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Former President Park Geun-hye was released yesterday (30th) at midnight.
It's been 4 years and 9 months since he was arrested in March 2017 for the National Nongdan incident.
Since former President Park was hospitalized at Samsung Seoul Hospital, the release procedure was carried out in such a way that the Seoul Detention Center staff issued a pardon in the ward, and then the Justice Ministry correctional staff withdrew.
Former President Park does not appear in public because her back and shoulders have not improved, and it is expected that she will continue to stay in the hospital until early February next year.
[Park Beom-gye/Minister of Justice (Yesterday): It was a diagnosis, not a statement of opinion, and the details of the process at the time of hospitalization and how he received treatment were added… ] It
is known that a residence has not yet been established after discharge.
Former President Park's private residence in Naegok-dong was sold for a short sale in September under the pretext of collecting fines, and aides are looking for a new place to live.
Because he did not complete his term due to impeachment, even if he was pardoned, he would not receive the benefits of pensions or aides from the former president.
You can only receive security from the Presidential Security Service until early March of next year, but it can be extended in increments of five years if deemed necessary by the Director of Security.
Supporters of former President Park held a rally in front of the hospital to coincide with the release.
[President Park Geun-hye came to the people with a body of freedom.
Everyone, please shout loudly.]
Attorney Yoo Young-ha, a close aide to former President Park, said that he had no plans to issue a separate message regarding his release.