Special counsel indicts ex-President Yoon over messages justifying martial law
A special counsel team indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday on charges of instructing officials to justify his failed martial law bid to the United States and other major partner nations. Special counsel Kwon Chang-young's team said it charged Yoon with abuse of power in its first indictment against the jailed former president. With the new indictment, Yoon is standing a total of…
The Special Counsel team announced on Wednesday that they have indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol for instructing officials to justify his unsuccessful attempt to implement martial law to the United States and other major partner nations. The charges include abuse of power and are the first indictment against the jailed former president.
As a result of this new indictment, Yoon now faces a total of eight trials related to his martial law imposition in December 2024, his wife's alleged corruption, and other offenses. This brings the total number of trials against Yoon to eight, down from seven following the Supreme Court's recent decision to sentence him to seven years in prison for obstructing investigators attempting to detain him after his martial law bid.
The latest indictment centers on allegations that Yoon directed the Presidential National Security Office and the Foreign Ministry to send justifications for the emergency order to key nations, such as the U.S., Britain, Japan, and European Union members, shortly after declaring martial law.
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