SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yonhap news agency says police are searching President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office. Yonhap says the search is happening on Wednesday over Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial law declaration. Police didn't immediately confirm the report.
Yonhap says the search is happening on Wednesday over Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial law declaration.The reported search happens as the country’s main law enforcement institutions are focusing on finding whether Yoon and others involved in the Dec. 3 martial law imposition committed rebellion.South Korea’s two highest police officers have been detained to be investigated for their roles in enforcing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law decree last week, police said Wednesday.
After last week's impeachment motion fell through, the leader of Yoon's conservative party pledged to arrange his stable exit from power, saying the party will coordinate with Cabinet members over state affairs and that Yoon will be sidelined from duties during a transition to an early election. Police said National Police Agency Commissioner General Cho Ji Ho and Kim Bong-sik, head of the metropolitan police agency of the capital, Seoul, were being held at Seoul’s Namdaemun police station.
During a parliamentary hearing Tuesday, Kwak Jong-keun, commander of the Army Special Warfare Command whose troops were sent to parliament, testified that he received direct instructions from Kim Yong Hyun to obstruct lawmakers from entering the Assembly’s main chamber. Kwak said the purpose of Kim’s instructions was to prevent the 300-member parliament from gathering the 150 votes necessary to overturn Yoon’s martial law order.
Kwak and Yeo are among those who face opposition-raised rebellion charges along with Yoon and Kim, and the Defense Ministry suspended them last week.
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