SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors on Monday questioned the woman at the centre of a political scandal that has shattered public confidence in President Park Geun-Hye, with allegations of fraud and meddling in state affairs.

In the wake of mass street protests in Seoul and other cities to demand Park's resignation, Choi Soon-Sil—who has denied any criminal wrongdoing—submitted to prosecutors in Seoul a day after flying back to the country from Germany.

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