The Korean prosecutor's office presented to the former president of the country Yun Sok Yul a new allegation in case he tried to introduce the law in December last year.
According to a representative of a special investigation group on Thursday, Yun was charged with abuse of power and hindered the performance of official tasks. Preventive measures in the form of arrest him will not be applied.
This accusation has been added by the current case of rebellion.
Remember that Yun Sok Yol passed when the defendant was in the case About an effort to capture illegal power On December 3, when, according to investigators, in the absence of signs of war or an extreme threat, he declared the law in the country.
The prosecutor's office declared that Yun plotted with the Minister of Defense Kim Yong Hyun and a number of other senior people to incite the actions against constitutional and maintain power, despite the political crisis. In January, the former president was officially charged with provoking the rebellion.
In fact, the new accusation consolidated the position of the prosecutor's office: now Yun is charged not only for the reality of the rebellion, but also by the use of the president's situation to prevent legal activities of other state agencies.
Therefore, the legal prospects of the former head of state are becoming more and more difficult. If Yun Sok Yolya's fault is shown by the synthesis of allegations, he is threatened with the most stringent sanctions prescribed by the Korean law, until the death penalty.