Mr. Lee Jin-woo is the third high-ranking official in the Korean military apparatus to be arrested in connection with the martial law incident, after former Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and the Director of the Defense Counterintelligence Command. Yeo In-hyung. Prosecutors are also in the process of applying for a warrant to officially arrest Mr. Lee Jin-woo.
Mr. Lee is accused of ordering the deployment of soldiers to the parliament building after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on December 3. Several Korean military commanders are also under investigation into this incident, Yonhap News Agency reported on December 13.
Korean people read newspapers at a coffee shop on December 14, when the Korean National Assembly voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.
On the same day, December 13, the Korean court officially issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the Korean National Police Agency, Cho Ji-ho, and the leader of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Kim Bong-sik, on charges of the risk of destruction. proof. These two people were previously urgently arrested on December 11 for allegedly instructing the police to prevent parliamentarians from going to the parliament building on the night Mr. Yoon declared martial law, according to The Korea Times.
Yonhap said on December 13 that Korean police are also considering issuing an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol. South Korea’s National Investigation Office said Mr. Yoon was placed under arrest by police, prosecutors and anti-corruption agencies after martial law was imposed. The police also considered issuing an order to confiscate assets at Mr. Yoon’s residence.
The President of South Korea decided to ‘fight to the end’ to protect the decision to impose martial law
On December 11, the police approached the presidential office but only received a limited number of documents, because Mr. Yoon’s security did not cooperate. President Yoon on December 12 denied accusations of rebellion and defended the decision to declare martial law. “Even if I am impeached or investigated, I will face it fairly. I will fight to the end,” Mr. Yoon declared in public.
Today (December 14), the Korean National Assembly will continue to vote to impeach Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol. The impeachment proposal was not passed at the meeting on December 7. The opposition Democratic Party in Korea said it will promote the impeachment voting process every week until its goal is achieved.
