Court orders impeached South Korean president released from jail
Seoul, South Korea – A South Korean court ordered President Yoon Suk Yeol, who impeached imp, was released from prison more than a month later Arrested and prosecuted On him A brief martial law order.
The Seoul Central District Court ruling will allow Yoon to stand trial without being detained. The hearing of the separate impeachment trial of the Constitutional Court ended in late February, and it is expected that the court will soon formally evacuate it or restore him.
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Seoul Central District Court said he accepted Yoon Eun’s request to be released because of his formal arrest period before being indicted in late January. The court said the investigative agency that detained Yin before he formally arrested did not have the legal right to investigate criminal insurgency charges.
Yoon’s defense team welcomed the court’s ruling and urged prosecutors to release him immediately. The president’s office also welcomed the court’s ruling, saying the Lord hopes to return to work quickly.
However, South Korean law allows prosecutors to temporarily hold suspects when appealing.
Yoon’s lawyer Seok Dong-hyeon told France’s French Bunshan that “is released only if the prosecutor waives his right to appeal or does not file an appeal within the prescribed period.”
When AFP requested comment, the prosecutor did not respond immediately.
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Investigators claim that the martial arts decree constitutes a rebellion. If he commits this crime, he will face death or life imprisonment.
Yoon’s martial arts ordinance involved sending troops and police forces to the National Assembly, causing many Koreans to traumatic memory of past military rules. The decree lasted only six hours, as enough MPs managed to enter a chamber to vote and then vote unanimously for it.
Yoon later argued that his decree was merely intended to inform the people of the dangers of the Democratic Party, the main liberal opposition, which undermined his agenda and popped up senior officials, saying he sent troops only to the General Assembly to maintain order. But some senior military and police dispatched to parliament told Constitutional Court hearings or investigators that Yoon ordered them to drag out legislators to hinder his or her statute or the vote to detain politicians.
If the Constitutional Court insists on the impeachment of the Lord, he will be formally withdrawn from office and will hold national elections to choose his successor within two months.
Massive rallies of Yoon’s opponents and supporters spread across the streets of Seoul and other major Korean cities. Whatever the Constitutional Court decides, experts say it could further polarize the country and exacerbate its conservative liberal divide.
Yoon was the first South Korean president to be arrested during his tenure. South Korean law immunity to presidents in most criminal prosecutions, but there are no serious charges against rebellion or treason.
Under the law, a South Korean president has the right to include the country in martial law in wartime and similar emergencies, but many experts say that South Korea was not in that situation when Yoon declared martial arts.
