A special investigation unit of South Korea’s police said Wednesday that it raided the presidential office following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law that plunged the country into chaos last week.
“The Special Investigation Team has conducted a raid on the presidential office, the National Police Agency, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the National Assembly Security Service,” the unit stated in a message sent to AFP
South Korean authorities had imposed a travel ban on the President who is under investigation for his short-lived martial law declaration last Tuesday.
Yoon narrowly survived an impeachment motion against him over the weekend, after MPs from his ruling People Power Party ,PPP, boycotted the vote.
PPP members said they had decided not to support the motion after Yoon agreed to shorten his term and not get involved in foreign and domestic affairs.
However, the opposition Democratic Party, which commands a majority in the parliament have criticised the deal, with floor leader Park Chan-dae calling it “an illegal, unconstitutional second insurrection and a second coup”.
Tens of thousands of people have come out in protest since Yoon’s short-lived martial law order, calling for him to resign or be impeached.
Since then, despite the failed impeachment motion, several key figures involved in the martial law order have also seen action taken against them.
AFP/BBC/Daily Intel
