Particular Counsel Cho Eun-seok speaks throughout a press briefing on the Seoul Excessive Prosecutors’ Workplace in Seocho District, Seoul, Monday, as he publicizes the ultimate outcomes of the investigation into the Dec. 3 martial regulation case. Joint Press Corps
A particular counsel investigating Korea’s failed try to impose martial regulation late final 12 months mentioned Monday that former President Yoon Suk Yeol had begun laying the groundwork for the declaration as early as October 2023, greater than a 12 months earlier than it was carried out.
The counsel mentioned that 24 folks — together with Yoon and a number of other former senior officers from the federal government, army and political institution — have been indicted in reference to the case.
Talking at a press briefing, Cho Eun-seok, the particular counsel, mentioned the investigation had discovered that Yoon and his associates deliberate to make use of the army to droop the functioning of the political system and paralyze the Nationwide Meeting, changing it with an emergency legislative physique to grab legislative and judicial authority.
The goal, Cho mentioned, was to neutralize opposition forces and consolidate energy by way of the imposition of martial regulation.
Based on the findings, preparations intensified across the time of army reshuffles in late 2023 and later expanded to incorporate personnel appointments, operational planning and repeated contacts with senior army commanders. The particular counsel mentioned the conclusions had been primarily based on seized notes and memos, in addition to testimony from these concerned.
