Police transfer treason cases against Yoon, others to prosecution, CIO

Home > National > Politics

print dictionary print

Police transfer treason cases against Yoon, others to prosecution, CIO

President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers his final statement at the 11th and last hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Tuesday evening. [CONSTITUTIONAL COURT]

President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers his final statement at the 11th and last hearing of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Tuesday evening. [CONSTITUTIONAL COURT]

Police said Tuesday they have transferred three cases of treason charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol and two others to the prosecution and the state anticorruption agency.
 
The cases against Yoon, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and former Defense Intelligence Command chief Noh Sang-won were filed with the police in connection with Yoon's short-lived imposition of martial law in December.
 

Related Article

The cases have been transferred to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, a police official told reporters without elaborating.
 
All three men are already standing trial on insurrection charges over the failed martial law bid.
 
Yonhap 
 
 
Log in to Twitter or Facebook account to connect
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
help-image Social comment?
s
lock icon

To write comments, please log in to one of the accounts.

Standards Board Policy (0/250자)