The senator and Kim Yong-hyun, the defense secretary who reportedly encouraged him to declare martial law and who has since resigned, have been the subject of national police inquiries.
YTN reported that the government and military prosecutors had also decided to launch a joint investigation into the military law choice.
Information about the chaos that erupted in Seoul on Tuesday nights following Yoon’s wonder declaration, which drew painful memories of the nation’s long years of military rule following World War II, were gradually emerging.
The special war commander, Kwak Jong-geun, claimed that he defied a law passed by then-defence secretary Kim to compel his troops to stay outside the legislative session.
” I knew it would be defiance, but I did not get that goal. I told them not to go in”, Kwak told an opposition senator’s YouTube channel. Kwak added that he had instructed his troops not to have live ammunition.
According to Ahn Gwi-ryeong, a spokeswoman for the opposition Democratic Party, she believes Yoon had already been physiologically impeached.
Pictures of Ahn grabbing hold of his weapons and wrestling with a man outside parliament on Tuesday became popular as a show of the nation’s disobedience of martial law.
Who could appoint a leader who would impose martial law on the streets of the country like a youngster watching sports? she told Reuters on Thursday.
According to the most recent Gallup Korea poll released on Friday, Yoon’s approval rating dropped to a new low of 13 %.