South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is keen to current his views himself throughout authorized proceedings associated to his short-lived declaration of martial regulation, a lawyer advising Yoon stated on Thursday.
The lawyer, Seok Dong-hyeon, additionally advised reporters that a number of – seemingly overlapping – investigations involving Yoon ought to be streamlined.
“He (Yoon) has already apologised for startling and surprising the general public, and he stays apologetic for that… however he has a transparent and assured place on the problems which might be in dispute and have to be addressed,” Seok advised a briefing, including Yoon had by no means even thought-about riot.
Yoon was impeached by parliament in a vote final Saturday over his botched imposition of martial regulation, and faces a Constitutional Courtroom trial on whether or not to take away him from workplace or restore his presidential powers.
Yoon additionally faces investigations into whether or not the martial regulation declaration constituted riot.
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