The special counsel for insurrection said on the 7th it indicted former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn without detention on charges including incitement to insurrection and obstruction of special official duties.
On Dec. 3 last year, the day martial law was declared, the former prime minister is accused of inciting insurrection by posting on her social media (SNS) account, "We must eradicate this time the pro-North Juche faction that ruined the country and the election-rigging forces," and "Arrest National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik. Also arrest People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon, who is directly obstructing the president's measures."
Hwang is also accused of obstructing special official duties by twice blocking, together with supporters, the special counsel's attempts to search and seize her home and other locations.
Earlier, the special counsel team also sought an arrest warrant for Hwang, but on the 11th of last month the court rejected it, saying, "The necessity of arrest is insufficient, and the explanation for grounds of arrest, such as concerns about flight or destruction of evidence, is lacking."