The private house of Park Geun-hye is under the spotlight as the ousted South Korean leader remains holed up in the Blue House despite a unanimous constitutional court ruling that removed her from office on Friday.

According to South Korea’s constitution, Park is obliged to leave the presidential palace, where she has remained away from the public eye since the parliament pushed forward an impeachment motion against her in November.

However, it seems that her move-out is not expected any time soon.

“No plans have been made for her departure. Due to security reasons, she cannot go back to her house in Samseong-dong,” Park’s spokesman Kim Dong-jo said on Friday.

Park is expected to return her private house in Samseong-dong, a prosperous neighborhood in southern Seoul.

She had lived in the two-story house for 23 years before moving to the presidential palace in 2013. Her old neighborhood has been a magnet for journalists after the decision of booting her out was taken, and some 200 officers have been deployed around the vicinity, according to police.

Park is yet to react or issue a public statement after Friday’s event. However, local media have reported that she was watching the live announcement of the country’s highest court on television, all by herself.

Reports have quoted an unnamed aide of Park as saying that the beleaguered leader was “apparently stunned at the ruling” and prefers “to keep to herself” for the time being.

She was dismissed from her position over allegations of colluding with her jailed long-time confidante Choi Soon-sil to bribery and abuse of power, in a corruption scandal that has bruised a growing number of officials and businessmen, including the Samsung's de facto leader Lee Jae-yong.

Park has now lost her immunity against prosecution and stripped of all her presidential powers and privileges, except for her security.

According to law, there should be a guardhouse near the former president’s private house.

CGTN reporter in Seoul says that repair work is currently underway at Park’s private estate to accommodate her and her security detail, noting that the ongoing construction project could be one reason for her not to leave the presidential palace immediately.

South Korea will hold a “free and fair” presidential by-election by May 9, said the election commission chairman on Saturday.