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 state anticorruption watchdog leading the joint investigation into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol failed for a third time on Wednesday to forcibly summon him for questioning.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Noh Sang-won is accused of conspiring with military officials to implement the short-lived declaration, including orders to seize control of the National Election Commission
As President Yoon Suk Yeol didn’t appear in the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to answer questions about his abrupt declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, the CIO plans to summon the president again.
Investigations into officials related to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law continued over the weekend after the joint investigation headquarters summoned the impeached president for questioning on Wednesday.
Prosecutors raided the National Office of Investigation (NOI) under the National Police Agency Thursday over allegations of providing the Dec. 3 martial law declaration with personnel for "arrest squads.
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office announced its decision to transfer the case involving insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk Yeol and former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min related to the Dec. 3 martial law crisis to the CIO.
The Presidential Security Service said Wednesday it will not comply with the seizures of its servers by the joint investigation headquarters.
President Yoon Suk Yeol did not attend a questioning session by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) scheduled for Wednesday.
Prosecutors requested an arrest warrant against former Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Park An-su on Sunday for his involvement in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law.
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