On Sunday, the prosecutor's special team in South Korea submitted a request to detain the former president of this country Jun Jeola's bitch. He is accused of committing an assassination of a state in connection with the introduction of martial law on December 3.
Key facts:
- The former President of South Korea Jun Jun Jerol on December 3 last year announced the introduction of martial law, which was repealed by the parliament.
- He is now accused of a coup d'état, and the prosecutor's office applies for a politician to re -retain. In April, Jun was subjected to the impeachment procedure, and in the country presidential elections were held.
- More about the elections, their winners and why during the entire campaign he wore a bulletproof vest in “Podca about abroad” on TVN24+.
“The application for detention is related to the allegations of abuse of power and hindering the work of the judiciary,” says a statement of a team of prosecutors studying December events. The Reuters agency reminded that Jun was summoned on Saturday to the office of prosecutors, where he took part in the interrogation for hours.
According to JUNA lawyers, prosecutors did not provide credible evidence of charges. In their position, they also reported that they plan to “explain in court that an application for arrest warrant is unjustified”.
Source: PAP/EPA/YONHAP
At the end of June, the Court in South Korea He dismissed the prosecutor's request for an arrest warrant of the former president, accused of hindering the investigation into his martial law. The court argued then that Jun declared his readiness to appear in the prosecutor's office.
Announcement of martial law by the President of South Korea
The martial law decree issued by Juna on December 3 last year was lifted after about six hours. Legislators who were forced to climb the walls of the parliament building to get through the security forces of the security forces rejected the president's decision.
The former president was already arrested in January, but after 52 days He was released from custody for formal reasons. Jun was removed from power in April, when Constitutional Tribunal upheld the parliament's application for its impeachment.
South Korea law It provides for a death penalty or a lifetime prison for an assassination or betrayal of state, although no execution has been held in the country for decades.
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Source: PAP, Reuters
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