South Korean President Yoon is accused

The defendant and arrested South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally charged with the lead of the uprising on Sunday last month, when he briefly introduced martial law, the plaintiffs said.

Mr. Yoon’s indictment means his judgment will probably start soon. He follows the accusation of the former Minister of Defense and several military generals and police bosses, all of whom face accusations of helping Mr. Yoon to the same crime.

He is the first president in South Korean history to face the accusation of a crime.

His fall began when unexpectedly Central Law announced On December 3, he accused the opposition dominated by the National Assembly of the “paralyzing” of his government. The Assembly voted down the measures, which forced him to cancel the order after about six hours. But it launched the worst political crisis of South Korea over the last decade.

When people called for Mr. Yoon’s deposition, the assembly of him on December 14 accused and suspended him from the office. The Constitutional Court in the country is addressing whether parliamentary impeachment has been legitimate and whether it should be formally dismissed. Separately criminalists detained Mr. Yoon on the basis of charges of uprising 15 January.

Mr. Yoon swore from his prison cell for fighting the office.

Most South Koreans approved his indictment and, according to public opinion surveys, considers him guilty of the rebellion. But the staunch of Mr. Yoon’s supporters called his impeachment “fraud”. Some of them shocked the country when they damaged the court building in Seoul after one of her judges 19th January approved the order for his arrest. Almost 60 people were arrested in connection with these unrest.

The prosecutors stated that Mr. Yoon committed an uprising in a short-term introduction of marital law by banning all political activities and ordering military commanders to break the door of the assembly with “ax” or “shooting if necessary” and “pull” the legislature. They said Mr. Yoon sent soldiers there to occupy the assembly and detain political leaders.

The nation watched the lively transmitted scenes of special units armed with assault rifles, attacking the assembly while the legislators gathered there to vote against martial law. But Mr. Yoon rejected the accusation of the rebellion, saying that he never intended to neutralize the parliament or arrest political leaders. The soldiers were there to “keep order,” he said.

The indictment of Mr. Yoon, although not surprising, came before expected.

Prosecutors investigate the former Minister of Defense and General. The Office for Investigation of Corruption for High Officials in the Country has taken over the case against Mr. Yoon, but can only be accused by the plaintiffs under the law.

Mr. Yoon refused to cooperate in the investigation; He and his lawyers insisted that the four -year -old office has no right to investigate it.

On Thursday, the Office for Corruption investigated its case to prosecutors. Both of them had previously agreed that the prosecutors had time for Mr. Yoon’s indictment until the beginning of February, and the plaintiffs planned to investigate the actions of Mr. Yoon.

On Friday, however, the judge in Seoul’s court ruled that Mr. Yoon must either be accused earlier or released because the Corruption Investigation Office has already conducted an investigation.