Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s past leader, is currently on trial over an alleged attempt to erect an insurrection through the implementation of martial law in December, according to South Korean prosecutors, who have indicted him for abuse of power. This is one of the growing list of accusations against the ousted president, who is already at the center of a test over an alleged try to stage an uprising through the implementation of martial law last December.
The unique research team tasked with the situation confirmed on Thursday that Yoon had been indicted without holding a physical detention, according to Yonhap News Agency. The expenses include blockage of the exercise of rights and abuse of authority, which represent a substantial increase in the legal proceedings against him.
Yoon was recently charged in January with conspiring to elicit an insurrection by declaring a state of emergency on December 3, 2024, along with previous defense secretary Kim Yong-hyun and people.
Prosecutors claimed that there were no indications of war, military issue, or national crisis to support such a course of action.
According to Reuters, Yoon’s most recent indictment strengthens the lawyer’s ongoing campaign to hold him accountable for the military law declaration that led to his prosecution by congress on December 14 and later removal from office on April 4.
After he resisted a research of the official national property, citing the presence of vulnerable classified documents, he moved to his private home on April 11.
In addition to a separate investigation into alleged influence-peddling involving religious characters, the prosecution recently conducted a research of Yoon’s personal residence. They apparently sought out records that suggested relationships between Yoon and related religious organizations.
As social conflicts grow ahead of the presidential election, Yoon is now facing trial on a number of fronts, with Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party currently in the lead by a sizable percentage in polls.
