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According to the report, South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been charged with insurrection after he attempted to declare martial law in December. His ill-fated attempt to impose military rule plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis and he became the first sitting president in South Korean history to be charged with a crime.
The report said that the indictment comes after a court in Seoul rejected a request to extend Yoon's detention on Saturday, which meant prosecutors had to make a decision on whether to charge or release him before Monday. "The punishment of the ringleader of insurrection now begins finally," Han Min-soo, a spokesman from the main opposition Democratic Party told a press conference
The report also stated that Yoon's legal team criticized the indictment and pledged to expose any "illegalities in the investigation". "The prosecution has made a grave mistake, reducing itself to being the indictment arm of the CIO, and a tool of political interests," Yoon's lawyers said, referring to the Central Investigation Office for high-ranking officials.
The report added that in South Korea, insurrection is punishable by life in prison or death. However the latter is unlikely, given that the country has not carried out executions in decades. Separately, the Constitutional Court has begun deliberations on whether to formally dismiss Yoon as president or reinstate him. The impeached president has largely refused to cooperate with the criminal investigation over the martial law declaration.
In addition to the report, Yoon is set to stand trial along with his former defense minister and senior military commanders, who are accused of helping him plan and carry out the attempt to seize total power.
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The report said that the indictment comes after a court in Seoul rejected a request to extend Yoon's detention on Saturday, which meant prosecutors had to make a decision on whether to charge or release him before Monday. "The punishment of the ringleader of insurrection now begins finally," Han Min-soo, a spokesman from the main opposition Democratic Party told a press conference
The report also stated that Yoon's legal team criticized the indictment and pledged to expose any "illegalities in the investigation". "The prosecution has made a grave mistake, reducing itself to being the indictment arm of the CIO, and a tool of political interests," Yoon's lawyers said, referring to the Central Investigation Office for high-ranking officials.
The report added that in South Korea, insurrection is punishable by life in prison or death. However the latter is unlikely, given that the country has not carried out executions in decades. Separately, the Constitutional Court has begun deliberations on whether to formally dismiss Yoon as president or reinstate him. The impeached president has largely refused to cooperate with the criminal investigation over the martial law declaration.
In addition to the report, Yoon is set to stand trial along with his former defense minister and senior military commanders, who are accused of helping him plan and carry out the attempt to seize total power.
Report Source: B B C