Prosecutors investigating the Park Geun - hye , Choi Soon - sil scandal visited the Seoul Detention Center , where former President Park Geun - hye ( 65 , photo ) is currently detained , and questioned her as a suspect on April 4 . This was the first interrogation , which took place four days after the former president was arrested on March 31 . The Special Investigation Division of the Prosecution Service arrived at the detention center in Uiwang - si , Gyeonggi - do at around 9 : 20 a . m . this day . The investigation team consisted of Han Wung - jae ( 47 ) , chief prosecutor of Criminal Department 8 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors ' Office , one assistant prosecutor , and one female investigator . Attorney Yoo Yeong - ha ( 55 ) was present during the questioning as Park ' s legal advisor . On March 21 , when the former president was summoned by the prosecutors , Yoo had been present along with lawyer Jeong Jang - hyeon ( 56 ) . The interrogation began at around 10 a . m . and continued past the working hours of the detention center for ten hours and forty minutes until 8 : 40 p . m . without any video recording . The prosecutors focused their questions on the bribery charges amounting to 29 . 8 billion won ( 43 . 3 billion when including the commitments ) , and they asked questions about any coercion for the companies to cough up donations for the MI - R Foundation and the K - Sports Foundation and any orders on drawing up and managing a blacklist of cultural figures and artists . Reportedly , the former president cooperated in answering the prosecutors ' questions . Just as in the questioning at the Prosecutors ' Office last month , Chief Prosecutor Han and the assistant prosecutor sat on one side , while former President Park and her attorney Yoo sat on the other side of the desk . They also took a break from 11 : 50 a . m . until 1 : 10 p . m . , lunchtime at the detention center . This is the first time that the prosecutors visited the detention center to question a former president in twenty - one years , since they went to meet former President Roh Tae - woo , who was arrested on charges of bribery at the end of 1995 . The prosecutors visited the Anyang Prison to question former President Chun Doo - hwan , who was arrested for masterminding a rebellion . The prosecutors will review Park ' s statement and conduct a second interrogation on April 6 . ▶ 경향신문 SNS [ 트위터 ] [ 페이스북 ] ▶ [ 인기 무료 만화 보 기 ] © 경향신문 ( www . khan . co . kr ) , 무단 전재 및 재 배포 금지