PARK REFUSES QUESTIONING BY PROSECUTORS

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not respond to a request by prosecutors to question her this week, her lawyer said yesterday, amid a deepening political crisis over a close friend accused of meddling in state affairs. The lawyer, Yoo Yeong-ha, said Park had to deal with the “fast-moving situation” and so there was little time for her to cooperate with prosecutors. ”It is regrettable that the president cannot cooperate with face-toface questioning the prosecutors have asked for by Nov 29,” Yoo said. – Reuters