SEOUL: South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol has licensed the navy to make use of weapons if essential to enter parliament throughout his failed try to impose martial regulation, in keeping with a prosecutor’s report seen by AFP on Saturday ( December 28).
The 10-page abstract of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun’s indictment report, supplied to the media, additionally says Yoon promised on Dec. 3 to declare martial regulation 3 times if needed.
Yoon, who was stripped of his duties by the National Assembly this month, is below investigation for his short-lived try to abolish civilian authorities, which plunged the nation into political chaos and led to his impeachment.
Yoon’s lawyer, Yoon Kab-keun, rejected the prosecutors’ report, telling AFP that it was “a one-sided account that corresponds neither to goal circumstances nor to widespread sense.”
As lawmakers rushed to parliament on Dec. 3 to vote in opposition to Yoon’s declaration of martial regulation, closely armed troops stormed the constructing, scaling fences, breaking home windows and touchdown by helicopter.
According to the prosecution’s report, Yoon instructed the pinnacle of the Capital Defense Command, Lee Jin-woo, that navy forces may hearth if essential to enter the National Assembly.
“Haven’t you are available in but? What are you doing? Break down the door and drag them out, even when it meant capturing,” Yoon instructed Lee, in keeping with the report.
Yoon additionally reportedly instructed the pinnacle of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, General Kwak Jong-keun, to “rapidly enter” the National Assembly because the quorum for lifting the declaration of martial regulation had not been reached.
“Then rapidly enter the National Assembly and take out the individuals contained in the chamber, and break down the doorways with an ax if needed and drag everybody out,” Yoon stated within the report on the time.
After lawmakers rushed to parliament and voted 190-0 to rescind Yoon’s declaration within the early hours of December 4, the report states that Yoon instructed Lee: “Even whether it is revoked, I can declare martial regulation a second or third time, then maintain going.” .”
