In a couple of hours from now, South Korea's Supreme Court will deliver its final verdict on the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment and imprisonment of former President Park Geun-hye.<br />The focus will be on whether certain actions involving the ex-leader and those around her constituted bribery.<br />For more we go live to our Choi Si-young who is front of the Supreme Court for us.<br />Si-young, what's the latest?<br />Jiyoon, I'm standing in front of the entrance to the courtroom where the hearing starts at 2 p.m., Korea time.<br />Eighty-eight people, who were randomly selected days ago, will be in the courtroom to observe the proceedings.<br />Outside the court, some demonstrators are holding pro-Park rallies, demanding she be freed.<br />As you can imagine, given the high-profile nature of this case, the court has tightened security around the building and deployed police officers, security guards and parked buses.<br />Only employees or registered visitors and reporters are allowed to enter the court at this hour.<br />We don't expect former President Park Geun-hye, her confidante Choi Soon-sil or Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong to be in the courtroom today, but you never know.<br />Many people are wondering how the Supreme Court is going to rule. Can you tell us what the main sticky points are and the general process we can expect?<br />Sure, Jiyoon.<br />The court will rule on three corruption cases involving Park, Choi and Lee.<br />Currently, the appeals courts separately sentenced Park to 25 years and her confidante Choi to 20 years behind bars.<br />Samsung Vice Chairman Lee got his prison sentence reduced on appeal from five years to a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.<br /><br />The Supreme Court will review two contentious issues that brought all three cases to the highest court.<br />First is whether the three horses Samsung gave to Choi's daughter were bribes.<br />Second is whether the one-point-three million U.S. dollars Samsung funneled into Choi's non-profit organization was a bribe.<br />If the Court rules both were bribes, Lee will face another trial and could be looking at another prison sentence.<br />If the Court says both were NOT bribes, Park and Choi will go for a retrial at the appeals court and would likely get their sentences reduced.<br />If the Court says only one of the two was a bribe, either the horses or the cash, then Park, Choi and Lee will all face a retrial at the appeals court.<br />That's all for now, but I'll get back to you with updates.<br />
