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South Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict detained President Yoon

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South Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict President Yoon Suk Yeol over imposition of martial law.

Yoon was impeached and suspended by the National Assembly on Dec. 14 .

The Constitutional Court is now deliberating whether to formally throw Yoon out of office or reinstate him.

Defense minister at the time of the martial law enforcement, Kim Yong Hyun , supported the president’s argument.

Yoon denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting.

Commanders of military units that were sent to the assembly have testified that Yoon ordered them to pull lawmakers out.

Yoon ’s martial law decree has shaken South Korean politics and financial markets.

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