Seoul: South Korean police have raided the presidential office over President Yoon Suk-yeol’s martila law declaration.
Yoon is the subject of criminal investigation on insurrection charges over his short-lived imposition of martial law but he has not been arrested or questioned by authorities.
South Korea’s police chief became the latest top official to be arrested over martial law. In a widening investigation on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed martial law that has plunged the country into a constitutional crisis.
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said on Wednesday it plans to hold a parliament vote to impeach Yoon on Saturday, with some members of the president’s People Power Party (PPP) having spoken out in favour of such a motion.
National Police Commissioner Cho Ji-ho was arrested early on Wednesday on insurrection charges, Yonhap said, Cho is accused of deploying police to block lawmakers from entering parliament after Yoon declared martial law.
