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FORMER PRESIDENT. South Korea's former President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at Seoul High Prosecutor's Office to attend questioning after being summoned as part of a probe by a special prosecutor into his botched attempt to declare martial law, in Seoul, South Korea on June 28, 2025.
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The new charges include obstruction of the exercise of others' rights by abuse of authority, ordering the deletion of records, and blocking the execution of arrest warrants, the prosecutor's office says
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea‘s jailed ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol was indicted on additional charges on Saturday, July 19, as a special prosecutor continues investigating him for his short-lived declaration of martial law in December.
The new charges include obstruction of the exercise of others’ rights by abuse of authority, ordering the deletion of records, and blocking the execution of arrest warrants, the prosecutor’s office said in a briefing.
Yoon has been on trial on charges of insurrection, which is punishable by death or life imprisonment, facing additional charges since the special prosecutor was appointed in June to take over the cases against him.
Yoon has denied all wrongdoing. His lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new charges.
The impeached and deposed former leader has been jailed at Seoul Detention Center since earlier this month, and a court earlier this week rejected his request to be freed from detention. – Rappler.com
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