Lawyers for impeached South Korea President Park Geun Hye reject questioning

SEOUL (Reuters) - Lawyers for South Korean President Park Geun Hye have rejected a plan by a special prosecutor investigating a graft scandal to question her, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said on Thursday (Feb 9).

The plan was to question Park on Thursday at an undisclosed location, Lee Kyu-chul, spokesman for the prosecutor's office told a briefing. Park's office had notified the prosecutor that it was scrapping an agreement for the questioning, Lee said.

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