The Cho Eun-suk rebellion special counsel team investigating the Dec. 3 illegal martial law-related insurrection and treason allegations additionally indicted former President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 4th on a perjury charge.
Special Counsel Park Ji-young said at a briefing that day, "Former President Yoon appeared as a witness at former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's trial and falsely testified as if the Cabinet meeting had been preplanned," adding, "We deemed this perjury and filed charges."
Last month, former President Yoon appeared as a witness at the trial of former Prime Minister Han on charges including aiding the leader of an insurrection and testified to the effect that "he had been planning the Cabinet meeting even before former Prime Minister Han made the recommendation."
However, after the special counsel reviewed objective materials such as closed-circuit (CC) TV and testimony, it concluded that former President Yoon initially had no intention to convene a Cabinet meeting and only held it after receiving the recommendation from former Prime Minister Han.
The rebellion special counsel also said it indicted former Presidential Security Service chief Park Jong-jun, former Presidential Security Service Vice Minister Kim Seong-hoon, and former security headquarters chief Lee Kang-ho, among others, on charges of obstructing the execution of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials' arrest warrant for former President Yoon in Jan.
In addition, former presidential office executive office chief Kang Ui-gu was also brought to trial on charges including drafting false official documents in connection with allegations of drafting documents after the declaration of emergency martial law. Former Korea TV (KTV) head Lee Eun-woo was also indicted on charges including abuse of power and obstruction of another's rights for ordering the deletion of broadcast captions covering politicians' remarks that "martial law is illegal and unconstitutional" after the declaration of martial law.