Jung Hyun-sik, former chief director of the K-Sports Foundation, said that President Park Geun-hye was behind the foundation raising large sums of donations from major conglomerates and Choi Soon-sil ran the foundation, during the impeachment trial Tuesday.



“Choi Soon-sil and ex-presidential secretary An Chong-bum directly gave me orders (on running the foundation,)” he said. “After Choi gave me instructions, An ordered me to do the same thing one or two days later. So I came to believe (that Choi’s decision carried President Park’s intention.)”



Choi and An are both on trial for abuse of authority and coercion over allegations that they extorted donations from local conglomerates to the Mir and K-Sports foundations. President Park has been named an accomplice, one of the key reasons that led to her impeachment.



Former secretary-general of the K Sports Foundation Jung Hyun-sik leaves the Constitutional Court in Jongno-gu, Seoul, after testifying as a witness at the 11th hearing of President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment trial Tuesday (Yonhap)