Overview
- The special counsel sought an arrest warrant for PPP Rep. Choo Kyung-ho on insurrection allegations tied to the Dec. 3 martial-law episode, citing the gravity of the case and risk of evidence destruction.
- Prosecutors say Choo changed venues for an emergency PPP meeting three times to hinder lawmakers from a vote to lift the decree, allegedly at Yoon’s request; Choo denies prior knowledge and says he will waive arrest immunity, which by law typically requires parliamentary consent.
- PPP lawmakers skipped President Lee Jae Myung’s budget address, rallied at the National Assembly with placards, and denounced the probe, while Lee delivered the speech urging cooperation.
- At Yoon’s trial, former special-operations chief Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-keun testified that Yoon ordered him to seize politicians and said he would “shoot them dead if I must,” a claim Yoon rejects as entirely untrue and his lawyers call unreliable.
- Yoon resumed court appearances as former Presidential Security Service officials Kim Seong-hoon and Park Chong-jun were set to testify on suspected obstruction of his January detention and the deletion of secure phone records.