The controversy is ongoing over the fate of impeached, ousted and incarcerated South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as news emerged today that a District Court on Friday ordered Yeol to be released from jail.
This could mean that Yoon would remain free to stand trial for his alleged rebellion.
But the liberal opposition – which many see as having performed a coup against Yoon – is fighting to keep him behind bars.
Associated Press reported:
“Yoon was arrested and indicted in January over the Dec. 3 martial law decree that plunged the country into political turmoil. The opposition-controlled parliament separately voted to impeach him, leading to his suspension from office.
The hearings in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court concluded in late February, and that court is expected to rule soon on whether to formally remove him from office or reinstate him.”
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The Seoul Central District Court has accepted Yoon’s request to be released from jail on the grounds that his legal period of arrest expired before he was indicted.
“The court also cited the need to resolve questions over the legality of the investigations on Yoon. Yoon’s lawyers have accused the investigative agency that detained him before his formal arrest of lacking legal authority to probe rebellion charges.
Investigators have alleged that the martial law decree amounted to rebellion. If he’s convicted of that offense, he would face the death penalty or life imprisonment.”
Yoon’s defense team urged prosecutors to release him immediately, while the liberal opposition Democratic Party called on the same prosecutors to ‘immediately appeal the court’s ruling.’
Korean prosecutors can hold a suspect while pursuing an appeal against a suspension of an arrest by a court.
“Yoon’s martial law decree, which involved the dispatch of troops and police forces to the National Assembly, evoked traumatic memories of past military rules among many South Koreans. The decree lasted only six hours, as enough lawmakers managed to get into an assembly hall and voted to overturn it unanimously.”
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