South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol has been charged with sedition
On January 26, the South Korean prosecutor's office charged President Yun Seok-young with leading the uprising and briefly imposing martial law on December 3.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to Radio Liberty.
"Prosecutors accuse Yoon Seok-yol of conspiring with former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and other officials to incite citizens to revolt by declaring illegal martial law," South Korean news agency Yonhap reports.
The South Korean president is also accused of obstructing the work of the parliament, which tried to prevent Yun from declaring martial law.
In addition, Yoon Suk-Yeol is accused of planning to arrest and detain National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik, opposition MPs, and members of the election supervisory body.
According to Yonhap, the South Korean president was notified of suspicion the day before his detention was to expire. Coup d'état in South Korea is punishable by life imprisonment or execution.
What preceded this?
On Tuesday, December 3, South Korean President Yun Sook-yol declared martial law in the country.
According to him, martial law was introduced to "root out pro-North Korean anti-state forces and protect the constitutional order."
Local media reported that this decision was approved after the opposition Democratic Party submitted a reduced draft budget to the parliamentary budget committee and made a motion to impeach the state auditor and chief prosecutor.
Later, following the president's decision, the country's parliament voted to lift martial law.
Later it became known that the South Korean government had lifted martial law.
On December 4, 2024, South Korea's opposition filed a motion to impeach President Yun Seok-ol to the country's parliament after he tried to declare martial law in the country.
On December 7, the South Korean parliament failed to impeach President Yun Seok-yol.
On January 18, a South Korean court issues a warrant for the official arrest of President Yoon Suk-Yeol.
