The defence minister at the time, Kim Yong-hyun, attempted suicide
SEOUL – South Korean police raided President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday and one of his top lieutenants has tried to take his own life, officials said, amid a widening investigation into the US ally's decision to declare martial law last week.
Soon after Yoon's surprise late-night declaration of martial law, lawmakers including some members of his own party voted to demand the president immediately rescind the order, which he did hours later.Yoon is now the subject of a criminal investigation into insurrection allegations and is banned from leaving the country, but he has not been arrested or questioned by authorities.
Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and one of the agencies now investigating the martial law debacle, said his office was "willing" to arrest Yoon if required. Kwak Jong-geun, the commander of the Army Special Warfare Command, told a parliament committee on Tuesday that Yoon had ordered troops to "break the door down right now and get in there and drag out" lawmakers.With Yoon's grip on power looking more precarious by the day, the leadership crisis deepened amid questions over who is running the country. Yoon's office said on Tuesday it had "no official position" when asked who was in charge.
The opposition Democratic Party said it plans to introduce a new bill to impeach Yoon on Wednesday with a vote on Saturday, a week after its first impeachment vote was defeated.
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