Former President Yoon Suk Yeol testifies throughout a martial legislation trial on the Seoul Central District Court docket, Nov. 19. Courtesy of Seoul Central District Court docket
A particular counsel crew mentioned Thursday it has moreover indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on prices of giving false testimony throughout former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo’s rebellion trial.
Yoon, who’s already standing trial on rebellion and different prices stemming from his failed imposition of martial legislation final December, is accused of giving the misunderstanding that the Cupboard assembly he convened earlier than declaring martial legislation was deliberate even earlier than Han advised it.
“We filed prices of perjury over the testimony given by former President Yoon throughout former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo’s trial,” assistant particular counsel Park Ji-young mentioned throughout a press briefing.
Throughout Han’s trial final month, Yoon was requested as a witness whether or not the then prime minister had proposed convening a Cupboard assembly to make the martial legislation declaration seem authentic.
Yoon protested that the query was loaded and retorted, “Cupboard members usually are not dolls who got here to create an outward look.”
Particular counsel Cho Eun-suk’s crew suspects Yoon initially had no plans to carry a Cupboard assembly however modified his thoughts after Han mentioned it will give his martial legislation declaration extra credibility.
