South Korean prosecutors have accused President Yoon Suk Yeol on accusation of leading an uprising after he briefly imposed the state of siege last month, according to the opposition party of the country, as well as various South Korean media reports.
Yoon, a conservative, has presidential immunity of most criminal prosecutions, but the privilege does not extend to accusations of uprising or betrayal. By means of Law in South KoreaThe leader of an uprising can face life in prison or the death penalty.
“The persecution has decided to accuse Yoon Suk Yeol, who is being sued as leader of uprising,” said spokesperson for the Democratic party Han Min-soo during a press conference, according to Reuters. “The punishment of the leader of uprising is finally starting.”
The move that was announced on Sunday makes Yoon the first sitting South Korean president who, according to the Washington Post, experiences an indictment and criminal investigation.
Yoon became the second conservative president to be dropped off in South Korea when the parliament-led parliament voted to suspend his duties On December 14.
The South Korean president accused weeks after chaos of the state
South Korea’s accused President Yoon Suk Yeol, lives on the fourth hearing of his accusation process on his short-term imposition of the state of siege at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on January 23, 2025. (Jeon Heon Kyun/Pool photo via AP)
He was arrested earlier this month During his December 3, 2024, the state of the law decreased that the fourth largest economy in Asia and an important American ally fell in political unrest. Yoon has steadily denied every misconduct and called his state of siege a legitimate directing intended to make the public aware of the danger of the liberal controlled national meeting, which accused his agenda and peak officials.
By explaining the state of siege, Yoon called the meeting ‘a den of Criminals’ and he promised to eliminate ‘Shameless North Korea followers and anti-state troops’.
He sent troops and police officers to the meeting, but there were still enough legislators to enter an assembly room to unanimously vote the decree of Yoon, forcing his cabinet to lift it.
Although Yoon De packs the decree After just six o’clock, the imposition of the State of Siege was the first of its kind in South Korea in more than 40 years and he evoked painful memories of earlier dictatorial rules in the 1960s-80S.
Yoon had opposed the efforts of research agencies to question or hold him. After a day-long impasse between his security details and authorities, Yoon was arrested on January 15 in a massive law enforcement operation on his presidential compound and became the first sitting South Korean president who was arrested. Yoon, a former public prosecutor himself, has since been kept in lonely imprisonment, according to Reuters.
Supporters of accused South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a meeting to resist his accusation near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, Zuid -Korea, Thursday, on January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/AHN Young-Joon)
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After a local court, a Formal arrest warrant To expand Yoon’s detainment, dozens of his supporters stormed the court building, destroyed windows, doors and other property, according to the Associated Press. They also attacked police officers with bricks, steel pipes and other objects. The violence left 17 police officers wounded and the police said they held 46 protesters.
Separately of the criminal court proceedings, the Constitutional Court is now considering whether he formally reject Yoon as president or repair him again.
The leading of Yoon’s research was the Corruption Investigation Office for high -ranking officials, but since his identities, Yoon has refused to attend CIO’s questions and said that it has no legal authority to investigate rebellious accusations. The CIO has said that it can investigate Yoon’s claim because it is related to its abuse of power and other allegations.
Supporters of accused South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a meeting to resist his accusation in Seoul, Zuid -Korea, on Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/AHN Young-Joon)
The CIO handed the case of Yoon to the office of the Seoul’s office on Friday and asked the OM to accuse him of rebellion, abuse of power and obstruction of the national meeting.
In a statement on Saturday, the Yoon defense team insisted on the public prosecutors to immediately release Yoon and start an investigation into the CIO.
South Korean media, including Yonhap News Agency, reported on Sunday that the Seoul Central District Officors ‘Officors’ Office Yoon has sued it due to rebellion.
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Yoon’s Defense Minister, the police chief and various other military commanders have already been arrested about their role in the decision of the State of Invest.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
