RantCrush Top 5: March 31, 2017

South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye, who was ousted from office earlier in March, has now officially been arrested. She is charged with abusing power and accepting bribes. Last year it was alleged that she had helped her friend Choi Soon-sil extort large sums of money from business conglomerates such as Samsung. She was also accused of giving Choi access to official documents and information. Park was the country’s first female president and the first democratically elected president to be jailed. News of the corruption created a huge scandal in the country.

Park was taken today to Seoul Detention Center where she will wear a regular, standard prison outfit and live in a cell like other inmates. There will be an election to choose a new president on May 9.

$1.30 meals, no hairpins and a mattress on the floor: life in jail for Park Geun-hye https://t.co/vtuy36NHJR pic.twitter.com/Jd0x5noRaL

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 31, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.