The parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law failed to convince either Yoon or his former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to attend hearings held at their detention facilities on Wednesday.
Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun testified before the Constitutional Court on Thursday that he wrote the martial law decree promulgated by President Yoon Suk Yeol early last month.
The Constitutional Court decided on Friday to put former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on the stand on Jan. 23 in his impeachment trial at the request of President Yoon Suk Yeol's side.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is unlikely to attend the first oral arguments of his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court this week due to concerns over his safety, according to his legal team on Sunday.
A swift and thorough investigation into the matter is essential to get to the truth and stave off further dubious ploys.
Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was indicted on Friday, making him the first person set to face trial regarding the Dec. 3 declaration of martial law by President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun's legal team denied insurrection accusations, insisting that President Yoon Suk Yeol's Dec. 3 declaration of martial law was to "sound the alarm against political malfeasance using the National Assembly."
The Unification Ministry's surprise release of videos showing North Korea’s demolition of transmission towers along the Gyeongui Line on Dec. 3 was ordered by former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, according to a report.
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for Noh Sang-won, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Command, late Wednesday on charges of plotting an insurrection.
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