South Korea's jailed ex-president Yoon indicted again

Yahoo

19-07-2025

South Korea's jailed ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol has been indicted on additional charges as a special prosecutor investigates him over his short-lived declaration of martial law.
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 on Saturday.
Yoon triggered an unprecedented constitutional crisis when he declared martial law during a televised address in December, shocking a nation that had come to pride itself as a thriving democracy after overcoming military dictatorship in the 1980s.
He has been on trial on charges of insurrection, which is punishable by death or life imprisonment, and is 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 early July.
A court rejected his recent request to be freed from detention.