South Korea’s Former President Park Geun-Hye(REUTERS)

The first trial of South Korea’s Former President Park Geun-Hye over a corruption scandal that brought down her presidency, began on Tuesday at Seoul Central District Court.

Park faces more than 10 years in jail if found guilty of taking bribes from business leaders including head of the Samsung Conglomerates Jay Y. Lee, one of the key accusations that led to her impeachment, making her the country’s first democratically elected leader to be removed from office.

At the hearing, Park and Choi Soon-Sil, the friend she is accused of colluding with to solicit money, was reunited for the first time since the scandal erupted in public in late October. Park and Choi both have rejected the bribery charges.

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