SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s anti-corruption agency that is leading a criminal investigation into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived attempt to declare martial law said on Thursday it will transfer the case to the prosecutors’ office for an indictment.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), which does not have authority to prosecute the president, would request that prosecutors indict Yoon over allegations he was the ringleader of an insurrection, for abuse of his authority and obstructing others from exercising their rights, it said in a statement.
(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin and Ju-min Park; Editing by Ed Davies)
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