SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, a number of cupboard ministers, navy commanders and police officers are dealing with legal investigations over the president’s failed try to impose martial legislation final week.
Prosecutors, police and the Corruption Investigation Bureau for High-Ranking Officials have launched investigations into Yoon and the officers, looking for to prosecute costs of riot and abuse of energy, amongst others.
Here’s what we all know concerning the investigation to this point:
WHO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION?
In addition to Yoon, his former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min and armed forces chief Park An-su, who was appointed martial legislation commander, are additionally underneath investigation.
Others implicated within the case embody the heads of the Capital Defense Command, the Army’s Special Warfare Command and the Defense Counterintelligence Command, in addition to a number of different navy generals and senior police officers, together with the heads of the National Police and Seoul, who’re accused of enjoying a job within the martial legislation plan.
The essential opposition Democratic Party mentioned on Monday (Dec 9) that it had additionally filed a grievance towards Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to be included within the investigation for failing to dam Yoon’s try to impose martial legislation .
Yoon, Kim, Lee, the nationwide and Seoul police chiefs and 10 navy commanders have been banned from leaving the nation.
Prosecutors on Monday summoned Kim for the third time since arresting him a day earlier and carried out raids on the headquarters and places of work of the nationwide Defense Counterintelligence Command, based on Yonhap information company.
Police additionally raided the Defense Ministry and Capital Defense Command on Thursday, attempting to grab Kim’s safe telephones and associated supplies, Yonhap mentioned.
