Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s close friend, speaks at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on May 31, 2017, after being extradited from Denmark a day earlier. The 21-year-old Chung, who had been held at a detention center in the northern Danish city of Aalborg since January, was taken to the prosecutors’ office in Seoul for questioning over allegations she received undue academic and financial favors based on her mother Choi Soon-sil’s ties with the former president. (Yonhap)
The daughter of former President Park Geun-hye’s close friend involved in a corruption scandal returned to South Korea on Wednesday after she was extradited from Denmark where she was in custody for five months.
Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at around 2:40 p.m. She was arrested by local authorities on a flight from Amsterdam where she transferred.
She denied any knowledge of the allegations against her, including inappropriate academic favors and financial support, during a brief news conference at a security area at the airport.
“I don’t know anything about what happened between my mother and the former president but on my personal level, I feel that it is unfair,” she said.
“(People) say that I received all this special treatment, but there isn’t much that I know,” she said. “I keep trying to put the puzzle pieces together, but it does not work all the time.” [Yonhap]
Here is my favorite line from her interview with the media:
Regarding the university’s decision to revoke her admission, Chung said she “understandably accepts” it.
“I don’t even know what my major is and I never really wanted to go to university, so I don’t have much to say about the nullification of admission,” she said.
It seems the school is really the one at fault here not Chung. If they were willing to let in Chung based on who her mom is that is the university’s problem. As far as the alleged criminal activity her mom is accused of I have yet to see any evidence that Chung was in on it. This all seems like a show to parade her around to the public in handcuffs. I would not be surprised if later she is quietly released after the media attention dies down.
The press seem to delight in attacking the children of their political opponents. It’s why they went after Park, too…
They just keep reaching lower and lower… It makes the Korean concept of “filial piety” look like a complete sham.