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Special Counsel Seeks Arrest of Ex-PM Han as Raids Target Justice Ministry and Top Prosecutors

Prosecutors cite a testimony reversal plus evidence risks in pressing charges tied to Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial law decree.

President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attend a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in central Seoul in this Oct. 29, 2024, file photo. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (R) arrives at the Seoul High Prosecutors Office in Seoul on Aug. 22, 2025, to undergo questioning by special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched imposition of martial law. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • Cho Eun-suk’s team filed an arrest-warrant request Sunday for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on charges including aiding insurrection, falsifying and destroying official documents, violating the Presidential Records Act, and perjury.
  • The Seoul Central District Court set a warrant review for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to decide whether to detain Han pending trial.
  • Investigators say Han proposed a Dec. 3 Cabinet meeting that helped facilitate the declaration, drafted and signed a post-facto proclamation, and later ordered its destruction after Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was arrested.
  • Prosecutors note Han reversed prior testimony by acknowledging he received the decree directly from Yoon; surveillance footage showing Han leaving a meeting with copies of the decree was cited by the special counsel.
  • On Monday, the probe expanded with searches at the Justice Ministry, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and other sites targeting ex-Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and former Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung, as prosecutors argued Han’s detention is needed due to flight and evidence-tampering risks.