SEOUL, Dec 11 — South Korean police said today that they raided President Yoon Sook Yeol’s office, as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathers...
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“The Special Investigation Team has conducted a raid on the presidential office, the National Police Agency, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the National Assembly Security Service,” the unit stated in a message sent toYoon is already under a travel ban as part of an “insurrection” probe into his inner circle after his short-lived suspension of civilian rule on December 3.
Kim, who was detained Sunday, has been slapped with a travel ban along with the former interior minister and the general in charge of the martial law operation. “The shocking incident of the puppet Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing impeachment and a governance crisis, suddenly declaring a martial law decree and unhesitatingly wielding the guns and knives of its fascist dictatorship wrought chaos across South Korea,” a commentary said.
Former defence minister Kim had been accused by opposition lawmakers of calling for strikes on sites from which North Korea was launching trash-carrying balloons, an order reportedly refused by his subordinates. A special task force within Yoon’s People Power Party yesterday proposed a plan for the president to resign in February or March, followed by fresh elections in April or May.Even if it is approved, the roadmap is unlikely to head off another attempt by the opposition to impeach Yoon on Saturday.
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